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Front Matter i-xxii
FINDINGS 1-1
CONCLUSIONS 2-2
RECOMMENDATIONS 3-4
PART I Overview 5-6
INTRODUCTION 7-7
THE ROLE OF PLASMA SCIENCE IN OUR SOCIETY 8-10
Wave-Particle Interactions and Plasma Heating 11-13
Magnetic Reconnection and Dynamo Action 14-14
Basic Plasma Experiments 15-16
Theory and Computational Plasma Physics 17-17
Education in Plasma Science 18-18
LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS 19-19
NONNEUTRAL PLASMAS 20-20
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION 21-21
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION 22-23
SPACE PLASMAS 24-25
CENTRAL MESSAGES OF THIS REPORT 26-27
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28-30
PART II Topical Areas 31-32
INTRODUCTION 33-35
LIGHTING 36-36
GAS DISCHARGE LASERS 37-37
PLASMA ISOTOPE SEPARATION 38-38
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS 39-39
PLASMAS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL AND REDUCTION 40-41
PLASMA PROCESSING OF MATERIALS 42-44
Recommendations 45-46
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 47-47
RECENT ADVANCES IN NONNEUTRAL PLASMAS 48-48
Electron Plasmas 49-49
Ion Plasmas 50-50
Ion Plasmas in Electron-Beam Ion Traps 51-52
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES 53-53
Stochastic Effects 54-54
Strongly Coupled Nonneutral Plasmas 55-55
Antimatter 56-56
Ion Sources with Enhanced Brightness 57-57
Pressure Standard in Ultrahigh-Vacuum Regime 58-58
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 59-59
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 60-60
Laser Fusion 61-61
Ion-Beam Fusion 62-63
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES 64-68
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 69-70
INTRODUCTION 71-71
Past Achievements 72-72
Future Prospects 73-73
Past Achievements 74-74
Future Prospects 75-76
Introduction and Background 77-78
Future Research and Technical Opportunities 79-79
Introduction and Background 80-80
Introduction and Background 81-82
Future Prospects 83-83
Past Achievements 84-85
Introduction and Background 86-86
Recent Advances 87-87
Future Prospects 88-88
CONCLUSIONS 89-89
RECOMMENDATIONS 90-91
Intense Charged-Particle Beams 92-93
Accelerators 94-95
Coherent Radiation Sources 96-97
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 98-99
Background 100-100
Status 101-102
Ground-Based Techniques 103-104
Plasma Theory and Simulations 105-105
Wave-Particle Interactions 106-106
Charged-Particle and Plasma Energization 107-107
The Critical Ionization Velocity Effect 108-108
Plasma and Neutral Mass Injections 109-109
Wave Injection Experiments 110-110
Vehicle-Environment Interactions 111-111
In Situ Observations 112-115
Terrestrial Observation Networks 116-116
Laboratory Experiments 117-117
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 118-119
Magnetized Disks, Winds, and Jets 120-120
Formation of Low-Mass Stars 121-122
Structure of Collisionless Shocks 123-123
Magnetic Reconnection 124-124
TRAINING IN PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS 125-125
FUNDING FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS 126-126
Recommendation 127-128
PART III Board Areas of Plasma Science 129-130
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 131-132
Bernstein Waves. 133-133
Magnetically Trapped Particle Instabilities. 134-134
Ponderomotive Forces and the Filamentation of Electromagnetic Radiation. 135-135
Plasma Reorganization. 136-136
Quasilinear Effects and Single-Wave Stochasticity. 137-138
Plasma Sources 139-140
Mechanical Probes 141-141
Laser-Based Optical Diagnostics 142-142
Data Acquisition and Processing 143-143
Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions. 144-144
Turbulence. 145-145
Sheaths, Boundary Layers, and Double Layers. 146-146
Plasmoids. 147-147
Dynamo Action. 148-148
Magnetic Reconfiguration. 149-149
Optical Diagnostics 150-150
Massively Parallel Plasma Diagnostics 151-151
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 152-155
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 156-158
Hamiltonian Transport 159-159
Gyrokinetics 160-160
Nonlinear Laser-Plasma Interaction 161-161
Collisional Relaxation of Nonneutral Plasmas 162-162
Nonlinear Plasma Processes 163-163
Boundary Layers 164-164
Alpha-Particle Effects in Magnetically Confined Plasmas 165-165
Nonlinear Interaction of Intense Electromagnetic Waves with Plasmas 166-166
Space Plasmas 167-167
Turbulence 168-168
Particle Acceleration 169-169
Plasma Confinement and Transport 170-170
Chaotic Effects 171-171
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 172-173
DEGREE PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS 174-176
ESTIMATE OF FUTURE SUPPLY OF PLASMA PHYSICISTS 177-177
GENERAL COMMENTS 178-179
RECOMMENDATIONS 180-182
PART IV Conclusion 183-186
APPENDICES 187-188
A Federal Funding Data 189-192
B Letters to Funding Agencies 193-198
C List of Agencies Contacted 199-208

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Plasma Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications (1995)

Chapter: PART III Board Areas of Plasma Science

PART III
Board Areas of Plasma Science

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Plasma Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications (1995)

Chapter: PART III Board Areas of Plasma Science

PART III Board Areas of Plasma Science

PART III
Board Areas of Plasma Science