Sentences with phrase «studying plasma physics»

Back in 1971, Schneider was studying plasma physics at Columbia and moonlighting as a research assistant at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

It will obtain high - resolution measurements of the temperature and velocity of plasma ions that will be used to study the plasma physics.

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«This study is an incremental step toward a fuller understanding of turbulence,» said physicist Stewart Zweben, lead author of the research published in the journal Physics of Plasmas.

«That was one of the benefits to doing this study, being able to combine plasma physics with the optical capabilities that are just in the basement of our building.»

I had my first encounter with plasma theory when the subject was taught as an advanced physics course by Professor Dieter Pfirsch during my undergraduate studies at the Technical University of Munich.

A new study published this week in the journal Physics of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing, uses computer simulations to show that the cloud of plasma generated from the particle's impact is responsible for creating the damaging electromagnetic pulse.

The images used in this study — relevant to particle - collider nuclear physics experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and CERN's Large Hadron Collider — recreate the conditions of a subatomic particle «soup,» which is a superhot fluid state known as the quark - gluon plasma believed to exist just millionths of a second after the birth of the universe.

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.

Joachim Birn studies complex plasma physics phenomena and reconnection, particularly in the Earth's magnetosphere and solar corona.

At Sandia National Laboratory, Myers works on the Z machine, the world's most powerful pulsed - power facility and x-ray generator, which produces high energy density plasmas that are used to study fusion and the physics of nuclear weapons.

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Princeton University, is located at 100 Stellarator Road off Campus Drive on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, N.J. PPPL researchers collaborate with researchers around the globe in the field of plasma science, the study of ultra-hot, charged gases, to develop practical solutions for the creation of magnetic fusion energy as an energy source for the Plasma Physics Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Princeton University, is located at 100 Stellarator Road off Campus Drive on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, N.J. PPPL researchers collaborate with researchers around the globe in the field of plasma science, the study of ultra-hot, charged gases, to develop practical solutions for the creation of magnetic fusion energy as an energy source for the plasma science, the study of ultra-hot, charged gases, to develop practical solutions for the creation of magnetic fusion energy as an energy source for the world.

It is difficult for the standard numerical algorithms currently adopted by the plasma physics community to meet the long - term accuracy and fidelity requirement in large - scale numerical studies of multi-scale, complex dynamics of plasmas in space and laboratory.

Later in the 1970s, theorists used new analyses and some of the first computational plasma physics studies to show that the picture was much less bleak than originally thought.

A system of antennas similar to those that astrophysicists use to study radio emissions from stars and galaxies will help shed light on fusion experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).

Hammett specializes in computational and theoretical studies of the complex physics of plasma turbulence and has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1997.

Zweibel has a broad research program in plasma astrophysics that spans the study of the sun and stars; the formation, evolution and structure of galaxies; and the physics of galaxy clusters.

He majored in physics at Harvard University and earned his doctorate from Cornell University, where he studied the behavior of waves in the ionosphere, a plasma - filled region of the Earth's upper atmosphere.

He became interested in plasma physics while studying physics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

The scope of COSPAR comprises space studies of the Earth's surface, meteorology and climate; space studies of the Earth - Moon system and other bodies of the solar system, including the search for evidence of life in the solar system; study of planetary atmospheres including those of the ever - expanding inventory of exoplanets; space plasmas in the solar system; research in astrophysics from space; life sciences as related to space; materials sciences in space; and fundamental physics in space.

Although its association with the university is primarily what makes Princeton a college town, other important institutions in the area include the Institute for Advanced Study, Westminster Choir College, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton Theological Seminary, Opinion Research Corporation, Bristol - Myers Squibb, Siemens Corporate Research, SRI International, FMC Corporation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Amrep,...