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... PROBLEMS IN PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS The panel has not attempted to make an exhaustive list of problems in plasma astrophysics, but instead has chosen a few problems that arise in a broad variety of physical environments, illustrating how plasma physics touches almost every part of astrophysics. Some of these problems are in the realm of space plasma physics as well.
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  • plasma physics
  • space plasma
  • plasma astrophysics
  • collisionless shocks
  • distribution function


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