Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978ap%26ss..55..169l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 55, no. 1, May 1978, p. 169-178.
Physics
Plasma Physics
Cosmic Plasma, Extraterrestrial Matter, Plasma Physics, Controlled Fusion, Fusion Reactors, Interstellar Matter, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Reactor Technology, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Some basic problems in plasma physics are reviewed which must be solved before a thermonuclear fusion reactor for the production of useful energy can be built. Emphasis is placed on plasma heating and confinement, magnetic confinement, confinement time, the tokamak and stellarator concepts, and MHD plasma stability. Various aspects of extraterrestrial plasmas in the solar system are then examined which are of astrophysical interest and have some bearing on the problems associated with laboratory plasmas. These include energy generation and transport in the sun, the solar wind, interaction of the solar wind with the planets and their satellites, and the solar-wind interaction with the interstellar plasma. The solar neutrino problem is briefly discussed along with results of in situ measurements of the solar wind, hydromagnetic waves in interplanetary space, planetary bow shocks and magnetospheres, mass transfer from the solar wind to earth's magnetosphere, observations of Jupiter's magnetosphere, and solar mass and angular-momentum loss via the solar wind.
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