Causal kinetic equation of non-equilibrium plasmas

Complex non-equilibrium dynamics in plasmas

In this contribution we will discuss two new forms of strongly coupled plasmas which have become possible to create and observe in the laboratory only recently. They exhibit a wealth of intriguing complex behavior which can be studied, in many cases for the first time, experimentally. Plasmas, gases of charged particles, are universal in the sense that certain properties of complex behavior do ...

Kinetic Theory of Plasmas

Complexity in Space Plasmas: Universality of Non-Equilibrium Physical Processes

Several contributions of the Thrace group to magnetospheric, solar, and planetary physics over the last three decades are summarized from the perspective of a paradigm shift in nonlinear plasma physics. The work by Dennis Papadopoulos on plasma instabilities has been a source of inspiration for our magnetospheric studies including the introduction of the chaos hypothesis.

Equilibrium and dynamics of uniform density ellipsoidal non-neutral plasmas

When a single-species plasma is confined in a harmonic Penning trap at cryogenic temperature, the thermal equilibrium is approximately a uniform density spheroid (ellipsoid of revolution). Normal modes corresponding to quadrupole excitations of this plasma have recently been measured. In this paper, nonlinear equations of motion are derived for these quadrupole oscillations. For large amplitude...

Thermo - chemical dynamics and chemical quasi - equilibrium of plasmas in thermal non - equilibrium

Plasmas have a broad field of applications, such as air-breathing hypersonic vehicles (plasma control for scramjet engine), spacecraft atmospheric entries (influence of precursor electrons and prediction of blackout phenomenon), high-enthalpy wind tunnels (plasmatron, arc-jet, and shock tube facilities), lightning phenomena, discharges at atmospheric pressure, laboratory nuclear fusion and astr...