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... Space Plasmas In 1978, the National Research Council report Space Plasma Physics: The Study of Solar System Plasmas, prepared by a Space Science Board study committee headed by Stirling A Colgate, strongly endorsed space plasma physics as "intrinsically an important branch of physics."2 The Colgate report is widely considered to be the impetus for the present programmatic emphasis in the field.
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  • plasma physics
  • magnetic field
  • space plasma
  • plasma processing
  • space plasmas

  • ion plasmas
  • magnetic fields
  • current sheets
  • fusion plasmas
  • singular current

  • dynamo generation
  • microwave devices


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