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... Laboratory Experiments There have been few laboratory experiments dedicated to plasma astrophysics, and any such experiments must carefully scale properly from the laboratory to the real astrophysical system. Areas in which experiments could be helpful include MHD turbulence, magnetic reconnection, shock waves, particle acceleration, dusty plasmas, and heat conduction.
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  • plasma physics
  • magnetic field
  • laboratory experiments
  • plasma astrophysics
  • magnetic fields

  • field lines
  • magnetic reconnection
  • dusty plasma


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