The Plasma Edition
by General Atomics Fusion Education and DIII-D Outreach
UNITS | TERRESTRIAL PLASMAS | ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS | ARTIFICIAL PLASMAS | NUCLEAR FUSION |
THIS IS THE SI UNIT FOR TEMPERATURE, EQUAL TO
℃ + 273.15
THIS IS THE SI UNIT FOR FORCE, NAMED AFTER FAMOUS PHYSICIST ISAAC.
THIS IS THE SI UNIT FOR MAGNETIC FIELD, NAMED AFTER FAMOUS INVENTOR NIKOLA AND EQUAL TO 10,000 GAUSS.
THIS UNIT OF ENERGY IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF KINETIC ENERGY GAINED BY A SINGLE ELECTRON ACCELERATING FROM REST THROUGH AN ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE OF 1V IN A VACUUM.
OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER, THIS COMMON TERRESTRIAL PLASMA RELEASES ON AVERAGE ONE GIGAJOULE (GJ) OF ENERGY.
MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN HIGH and LOW-LATITUDE REGIONS ON EARTH, THIS GREEN-GLOWING PLASMA MAKES FOR SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS THE REGION OF SPACE SURROUNDING THE EARTH IN WHICH CHARGED PARTICLES ARE AFFECTED BY EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD.
ALSO CALLED A PLASMA FOUNTAIN, THIS IS A PERMANENT OUTFLOW OF PLASMA FROM THE POLAR REGIONS OF EARTH’S MAGNETOSPHERE.
NAMED FOR ST. ERASMUS OF FORMIA, THIS WEATHER PHENOMENON HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SAILORS FOR CENTURIES.
OUR SUN IS ONE OF THESE, AN ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT POWERED BY NUCLEAR FUSION.
THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF A STAR’S ATMOSPHERE, THIS PLASMA CAN BE OBSERVED DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE.
THIS PLASMA IS A STREAM OF CHARGED PARTICLES RELEASED FROM THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN
THE HELIOPAUSE IS LOCATED AT THE POINT WHERE THE SOLAR WIND IS NO LONGER STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH THIS BACK.
THE STUDY OF OSCILLATION MODES IN THESE PLASMAS IS CALLED DISKOSEISMOLOGY.
ERRONEOUSLY NAMED, THESE ADVERTISING TOOLS MAKE USE OF ELECTRICAL GLOW DISCHARGES.
THESE LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY VAPOR GAS DISCHARGE LAMPS ARE OFTEN FOUND IN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS.
BY 2014, THESE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS WERE LARGELY REPLACED BY LCD AND OLED DISPLAYS.
THIS DEVICE, NAMED FOR FAMOUS INVENTOR NIKOLA, PRODUCES LARGE ARCS OF PLASMA.
THIS SPACECRAFT PROPULSION METHOD POWERED THE
DEEP SPACE 1 SPACECRAFT.
THIS FAMOUS EQUATION RELATES ENERGY AND MASS.
THESE TWO HEAVY HYDROGEN IONS ARE USED IN D-T NUCLEAR FUSION REACTORS.
THIS WASTE PRODUCT OF D-T NUCLEAR FUSION IS A NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE.
THESE ARE THREE METHODS FOR FUSION PLASMA CONFINEMENT.
DIII-D AND ITER ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION DEVICE.
Q(1,10)
WHAT IS KELVIN (K)?
Q(1,20)
WHAT IS A NEWTON (N)?
Q(1,30)
WHAT IS HERTZ (Hz)?
(1,10)
WHAT IS A TESLA (Τ)?
(1,10)
WHAT IS AN ELECTRONVOLT (eV)?
(1,10)
WHAT IS LIGHTNING?
(1,10)
WHAT IS AN AURORA?
(1,10)
WHAT IS THE MAGNETOSPHERE?
(1,10)
WHAT IS THE POLAR WIND?
(1,10)
WHAT IS ST. ELMO’S FIRE?
(1,10)
WHAT IS A STAR?
(1,10)
WHAT IS THE CORONA?
(1,10)
WHAT IS THE SOLAR WIND?
(1,10)
WHAT IS THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE ACCRETION DISKS?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE NEON SIGNS?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE PLASMA DISPLAY PANELS (PDP)?
(1,10)
WHAT IS A TESLA COIL?
(1,10)
WHAT IS AN ION THRUSTER?
(1,10)
WHAT IS E = mc2?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE DEUTERIUM AND TRITIUM?
(1,10)
WHAT IS HELIUM?
(1,10)
WHAT ARE GRAVITATIONAL,
INERTIAL, AND MAGNETIC?
(1,10)
WHAT IS A TOKAMAK?