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71Incoherent scatter — refers to a ground based technique for studying the earth s ionosphere. A radar beam scattering off electrons in the ionospheric plasma creates an incoherent scatter echo. The ionospheric electrons are controlled by the much slower and massive… …
72Joint European Torus — JET, the Joint European Torus, is the largest nuclear fusion experimental reactor yet built.The reactor is situated on an old Navy airfield near Culham, Oxfordshire, in the UK: the construction of the buildings which house the project was… …
73Nonthermal plasma — A nonthermal plasma is in general any plasma which is not in thermodynamic equilibrium, either because the ion temperature is different from the electron temperature, or because the velocity distribution of one of the species does not follow a… …
74C/NOFS — Template:Infobox Spacecraft Name = C/NOFS Caption = An artist s concept of C/NOFS Organization = STP, AFRL Major Contractors = General Dynamics Bus = Mission Type = Technology demonstrator Flyby Of = Satellite Of = Earth Orbital Insertion Date =… …
75Collisionality — In Plasma Physics, collisionality is a dimensionless parameter proportional to the ion ion collision frequency Definition The plasma collisionality ν * is defined as[1]: where νii denotes the ion ion collision frequency, R is the plasma major… …
76Doppler effect — Change of wavelength caused by motion of the source. An animation illustrating how the Doppler effect causes a car engine or siren to soun …
77Dusty plasma — A dusty plasma is a plasma containing nanometer or micrometer sized particles suspended in it. Dust particles may be charged and the plasma and particles behave as a plasma,[1][2] following electromagnetic laws for particles up to about… …
78Jicamarca Radio Observatory — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = Jicamarca Radio Observatory caption = organization = [http://geo.igp.gob.pe Instituto Geofisico del Peru] ,Cornell University, National Science Foundation location = coord|11|57|05|S|76|52|27.5|W| wavelength =… …
79James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics — The James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics Awarded for Outstanding contributions to the field of Plasma Physics Presented by American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Country United States First awarded 1975 …
80Particle-in-cell — The Particle in Cell (PIC) method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method, individual particles (or fluid elements) in a Lagrangian frame are tracked in continuous phase space, whereas …
