Sentences with phrase «in space plasma»

The Space Plasma Physics Research Programme carries out experimental research in space plasma physics using data from instruments on satellites, and in the future also on space probes.

«These direct observations of shock ripples in a space plasma allow us to characterize the physical properties of the ripples.

Shocks in space plasma are efficient particle accelerators.

Since the Hermean magnetosphere occupies a unique position in the space plasma physics scenarios, the study of Mercury's magnetospheric processes will not only provide a clear picture of the planetary magnetosphere itself but it will also broaden our field of view of space plasma physics, in general.

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NASA uses a technique called data sonification to take signals from radio waves, plasma waves, and magnetic fields and convert them into audio tracks to «hear» what's happening in space.

Direct asymmetry measurement of temperature and density spatial distributions in inertial confinement fusion plasmas from pinhole space - resolved spectra

ARTIS combines the advantages of its infrastructure such as the Proof of Stake consensus algorithm, with novel proposals in the blockchain space such as Plasma, Raiden and Sharding to solve for the two biggest issues that blockchain faces right now: sustainability and scalability.

The Houston area is now a hub for commercial space ventures including SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp, and Ad Astra Rocket Company (AARC)-- who are working to develop advanced plasma rocket propulsion using a concept which has been in development by the company's CEO since 1979.

The modeling helps scientists deduce important pieces of information for space weather forecasting — in this case, for the first time, the density of the plasma around the shock, in addition to the speed and strength of the energized particles.

Magnetic fields stretched by plasma flows, resulting in an increase in the field component along the plasma flow, can be frequently observed in space.

Large space - weather events, such as geomagnetic storms, can alter the incoming radio waves — a distortion that scientists can use to determine the concentration of plasma particles in the upper atmosphere.

The data may be quite important for another reason, says Philippe Escoubet, a plasma physicist at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, Netherlands.

Plasma membrane Ca2 + - ATPases (PMCAs) are present in virtually all types of cells and transport Ca2 + to the extracellular space.

By combining observations from the ground and in space, the team observed a plume of low - energy plasma particles that essentially hitches a ride along magnetic field lines — streaming from Earth's lower atmosphere up to the point, tens of thousands of kilometers above the surface, where the planet's magnetic field connects with that of the sun.

Fusion occurs naturally in space, merging the light elements in plasma to release the energy that powers the sun and stars.

Until then, physicists will scour Petawatt's data for clues about how so - called relativistic plasmas behave in space.

The motions of objects beyond the heliosphere showed that the charged gas, or plasma, that fills the space between stars should be much denser outside the border than within, and the Voyager team was at last convinced of an exit from the heliosphere thanks to a sudden increase in plasma density.

The analog recordings, taken for 72 years since the early 20th century, provide a window onto space weather in the mid-1900s and shed light onto future patterns of plasma movement in near - earth space.

«Space weather patterns: Plasma in near - Earth space was twice as heavy around 1958 and 1970.&rSpace weather patterns: Plasma in near - Earth space was twice as heavy around 1958 and 1970.&rspace was twice as heavy around 1958 and 1970.»

In their new study, the BARREL researchers» major objective was to obtain simultaneous measurements of the scattered particles and of ionoized gas called plasma out in space near Earth's equatoIn their new study, the BARREL researchers» major objective was to obtain simultaneous measurements of the scattered particles and of ionoized gas called plasma out in space near Earth's equatoin space near Earth's equator.

Researchers led by space physicist Chuanfei Dong of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University have recently raised doubts about water on — and thus potential habitability of — frequently cited exoplanets that orbit red dwarfs, the most common stars in the Milky Way.

Since the experiment fires protons at boron plasma, it effectively mimics cosmic rays crashing into plasmas in space, which may aid studies of high - energy particle behaviour, says Mac Low.

Magnetic reconnection, in addition to pushing around clouds of plasma, converts some magnetic energy into heat, which has an effect on just how much energy is left over to move the particles through space.

Solar plasma produces a distinctive magnetic field because it all comes from the same source; scientists expected that the field would shift in interstellar space, where particles flit around in all directions.

The satellite — NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), a new ultraviolet space telescope — will examine the chromosphere, a long - ignored layer of plasma beneath the corona, in unprecedented detail.

For the first time, researchers have watched relatively cool parcels of plasma speed away from the surface of the sun and off into space, all the while cocooned in a million - degree flare.

Storms on the sun catapult charged particles into space at tremendous speeds, says plasma physicist Ruth Bamford of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, England.

While this allows scientists to understand some space plasma phenomena in detail, it is difficult to get a comprehensive picture of where the particles came from and where they're going.

The Jupiter experiment: Plasma in space is like nothing on Earth.

In blowout jets, the eruption of relatively cool plasma leads to magnetic reconnection too and this in turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into spacIn blowout jets, the eruption of relatively cool plasma leads to magnetic reconnection too and this in turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into spacin turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into space.

We go out into the interstellar medium, this is the gas between the stars like the sun, that too is mostly plasma — not all of it, some of it is in the form of neutral gas, but a large fraction of it is in the form of plasma — and then if we go outside the galaxy itself, into the space between the galaxies, the so - called intergalactic space, then again, that is mostly plasma.

«Plasma flows in laboratory used to understand how beam - like jets may form in space.»

BLANK SPACE Coronal holes like this one imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in May 2014 are regions with little plasma, so they appear dark in certain wavelengths.

Turbulence behavior in high - temperature plasma confined in the magnetic field is described mathematically through a dynamical equation in five - dimensional space (the three coordinates of space to which two components of particle velocity are added).

Coronal holes are areas where the sun's corona appears darker because the plasma has high - speed streams open to interplanetary space, resulting in a cooler and lower - density area as compared to its surroundings.

All that energy packed into such a tiny space creates a plasma of matter's fundamental building blocks, quarks and gluons, and thousands of new particles - matter and antimatter in equal amounts.

The study has implications for the understanding of magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters used to propel spacecraft in space, since the energy conversion is the essential process to determine the thruster performance.

In astronomy, a corona is the luminous plasma «atmosphere» of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagrapIn astronomy, a corona is the luminous plasma «atmosphere» of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagrapin a coronagraph.

In the space outside of Earth's magnetic shielding, astronauts will be vulnerable to the Sun's periodic belches of plasma and high - energy radiation.

Cluster pioneered measurements of electric currents in space, revealed the nature of black aurorae, and discovered that plasma — a gas of charged particles surrounding Earth — makes «waves».

Understanding the behavior of plasma in outer space, and the interactions between plasma waves and particles is a fundamental question in geophysics.

A type of wave that can exist in a plasma (such as the region of space above Earth's aurora), which vibrates at an ion cyclotron frequency that corresponds to the ion type present (oxygen, helium, hydrogen, etc.).

Dan Winske is recognized for his seminal and definitive work in the field of basic plasma physics and its application to both laboratory and space plasmas.

The study of planetary atmospheres other than the Earth's, and in particular the study of the role of plasma - neutral interactions in their evolution, could contribute to our understanding of the long - term space weather (referred to also as space climate) effects and finally the origins of life itself (Yamauchi & Wahlund 2007).

Another major space weather event resulted in an increase in background radiation that made it difficult for the Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms 3 (ASPERA - 3) instrument on - board Mars Express (MEX) to evaluate ion escape fluxes at Mars (Futaana et al. 2space weather event resulted in an increase in background radiation that made it difficult for the Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms 3 (ASPERA - 3) instrument on - board Mars Express (MEX) to evaluate ion escape fluxes at Mars (Futaana et al. 2Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms 3 (ASPERA - 3) instrument on - board Mars Express (MEX) to evaluate ion escape fluxes at Mars (Futaana et al. 2008).

Therefore, the strongest motivation for the current scientific review is the need for a synoptic organization of the available knowledge on the field of interactions at different planetary systems, in parallel with a comparative analysis encompassing the inter-connection among planetary space weather aspects belonging to different disciplines (e.g. plasma variability and its effects on atmospheric heating).

More information: • Swedish Institute of Space Physics, IRF: http://www2.irf.se • Research programme Space Plasma Physics, IRF, Uppsala: http://space.irfu.se/ • Information on Cassini: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov • IRF's instrument on Cassini: https://www.space.irfu.se/cassini/ • Article» In Situ Measurements of Saturn's Ionosphere show it is Dynamic and Interacts with the Rings», J. - E.

Thin sheets with currents separate large plasma regions in space.

The project may involve the following topics: — Interaction of the solar wind with magnetised and unmagnetised planets — Space weather forecasts — Numerical (HPC) and analytical modelling of MHD wave processes and jets in solar and astrophysical plasma — MHD wave observations and solar magneto - seismology — Application of advanced data analysis to solar system science — Physics of collisionless shocks (including planetary and interplanetary shocks)-- Analysis of multi-point measurements made by space missions, e.g Cluster (ESA), THEMIS (NASA), MMS (Space weather forecasts — Numerical (HPC) and analytical modelling of MHD wave processes and jets in solar and astrophysical plasma — MHD wave observations and solar magneto - seismology — Application of advanced data analysis to solar system science — Physics of collisionless shocks (including planetary and interplanetary shocks)-- Analysis of multi-point measurements made by space missions, e.g Cluster (ESA), THEMIS (NASA), MMS (space missions, e.g Cluster (ESA), THEMIS (NASA), MMS (NASA)

He is widely considered to be a founding father of hybrid simulations of space plasmas, and his codes are among the most widely used and emulated tools for the study of intermediate scale dynamics in these media.