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PART IV: CONCLUSION
Pages 183-186

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... Plasmas of interest range over tens of orders of magnitude in temperature and density from the tenuous plasmas of the ionosphere to the ultradense plasmas created in inertial confinement fusion, and from the cool, chemical plasmas used in the plasma processing of semiconductors to the thermonuclear plasmas created in magnetic confinement fusion devices. In this report, the panel has specifically assessed the diverse subfields of low-temperature plasmas, nonneutral plasmas, magnetic and inertial confinement fusion, beams, accelerators and coherent radiation sources, and space and astrophysical plasmas.
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... With this in mind, one of the panel's central recommendations is to point out two agencies in which increased support of basic plasma science could be of enormous benefit to the entire field. Increased support for basic experimental plasma science in the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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... Thus, the panel recommends reassessment of the relative allocation between larger focused research programs and individual-investigator and small-group activities. The panel identified two steps that could be taken by the plasma science community to improve the health of plasma science in the United States.
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