Such regions are filled with partially ionized plasma, a mix of free charged electrons and ions and the more familiar neutral, or whole, atoms of gas. If magnetic reconnection does occur in these ...

Feature describes the first fully kinetic model of plasma particles showing that fast reconnection can indeed occur in partially ionized plasma. Fast magnetic reconnection, the rapid convergence ...

Quantum field theories are powerful tools for particle physics and condensed matter physics but are rarely used in plasma physics. However, in warm-dense regimes, where matter is partially ionized and ...

The partially ionized plasma of the ionosphere, which ranges from about 60 to 1,000 km, can "bounce" radio signals transmitted from the Earth.This property enables them to travel long distances ...

HOW IT WORKS: Flames are a form of partially ionized plasma and can be manipulated with electric fields. Devices based on this principle may be able to bend flames to create escape corridors ...

For surface modification using low-pressure plasma, a vacuum chamber containing partially ionized gas is used, with the ...

Researchers have attempted to use cold atmospheric-pressure plasma — a partially ionized gas with a proportion of charged particles close to 1 percent and a temperature of 99,726°C (179,540ºF ...

The work is based on plasma technology, a partially ionized gas often referred to as the fourth state of matter. Although there are natural plasmas, such as lightning and the Northern Lights ...

Such regions are filled with partially ionized plasma, a mix of free charged electrons and ions and the more familiar neutral, or whole, atoms of gas. If magnetic reconnection does occur in these ...