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plasma physics

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  1. the branch of physics that deals with plasmas and their interactions with electric and magnetic fields.


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Another, rooted in plasma physics, proposes that the pairs themselves become unstable while passing through the thin gas that fills intergalactic space.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

So can a quirk of plasma physics called the bootstrap effect.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 22, 2022

At Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Peter Titus, an engineer at the Princeton University plasma physics lab, was heading to visit extended family in Canada with his wife and adult son.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2021

This is his second career; he also holds a Ph.D. in laser and plasma physics and electrical engineering.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2021

Alexander Kuranov, an expert on plasma physics, is chief designer at the hypersonic systems institute in St Petersburg, known by the Russian initials NIPGS.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2021

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