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The 57 pages that link to Plasma physics, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear fusionNarrower topic: Fusion fuels must become plasma to reach the temperatures needed for frequent nuclear collisions.

• MagnetohydrodynamicsNarrower topic: Plasmas are the most common conducting fluids studied in astrophysical and laboratory settings.

• IonNarrower topic: Ions are among the charged particles that make plasma electrically conductive.

• Magnetic reconnectionNarrower topic: Reconnection occurs in plasma, where charged particles carry currents and respond to changing fields.

• Ionization energyRelated: Ionization energy governs how readily gases become partially or fully ionized.

• MagnetosphereNarrower topic: The magnetosphere is a region of plasma governed by magnetic forces.

• IonizationNarrower topic: Ionization creates the charged particles that make a gas a plasma.

• Magnetic confinement fusionNarrower topic: Magnetic confinement acts on plasma rather than neutral gas.

• AtomCompared with: In plasma, many atoms have lost electrons and no longer remain neutral.

• Solar dynamoRelated: The Sun’s plasma conducts electricity and carries the flows central to its dynamo.

• Charged particleNarrower topic: Large populations of charged particles make plasma behave differently from neutral gases.

• Intergalactic mediumNarrower topic: Much of the medium is ionized, so plasma physics governs its behavior.

• TokamakNarrower topic: Tokamak fuel becomes plasma at temperatures where magnetic confinement can act on charged particles.

• Condensed matter physicsCompared with: It focuses on a distinct state of matter rather than the solids and liquids central here.

• Debye lengthNarrower topic: Debye length characterizes electrostatic screening in this broader medium.

• Solid-state physicsCompared with: Plasmas are not bound into solid structures, so their dominant collective physics differs.

• GasCompared with: Plasma resembles a gas in expansion but contains abundant electrically charged particles.

• Electrical arcNarrower topic: An arc is a narrow, hot plasma channel linking its electrodes.

• Faraday rotationNarrower topic: Its free electrons and ions provide the medium through which radio waves acquire rotation.

• MeteorRelated: Ionized atoms and molecules in a meteor's wake help produce its light and radio effects.

• Electric arcNarrower topic: The hot, ionized gas in an arc is plasma, and its charged particles carry the current.

• Interplanetary magnetic fieldNarrower topic: The solar wind is plasma, allowing it to carry and interact with magnetic fields.

• Jupiter's magnetosphereNarrower topic: Plasma carries currents that couple charged particles to magnetic fields.

• Matter (physics)Broader topic: It is the dominant form of ordinary matter in stars.

• Stellar coreNarrower topic: Stellar cores consist largely of ionized matter rather than ordinary neutral gas.

• Irving LangmuirNarrower topic: Langmuir’s discharge experiments helped establish the modern study of plasma.

• Lyman SpitzerNarrower topic: Understanding plasma behavior is necessary to assess the confinement problem behind Spitzer's stellarator.

• NeonNarrower topic: An operating neon tube contains ionized gas and free electrons: a low-temperature plasma.

• Plasma displayNarrower topic: Electrical discharges turn the cell gas into the plasma that generates ultraviolet radiation.

• Gas-discharge lampRelated: The conducting gas inside an operating lamp is a plasma.

• PhotosphereRelated: Photospheric matter is mostly plasma, though its outer layers are only partly ionized.

• Solar coreRelated: The core’s extreme heat strips atoms into plasma, allowing nuclei to collide and fuse.

• Solar physicsNarrower topic: The Sun is made of plasma, so its behavior differs from that of ordinary gas.

• Astrophysical fluid dynamicsNarrower topic: Most visible cosmic gas is ionized, so electromagnetic forces often shape its motion.

• Ball lightningRelated: Many explanations treat ball lightning as a plasma, though keeping it luminous and confined is difficult.

• Magnetosphere of SaturnRelated: Plasma is the magnetosphere’s main material, not empty space.

• Meghnad SahaNarrower topic: Ionized stellar gas is plasma, the broader physical setting for Saha’s equation.

• State of matterBroader topic: It extends the familiar set of states into highly energetic conditions.

• DivertorNarrower topic: Divertor exhaust is plasma whose motion is strongly shaped by magnetic fields.

• Laser-produced plasmaNarrower topic: Laser-produced plasma is one way to create this broader state of matter.

• Space physicsNarrower topic: Most visible matter in the Sun and heliosphere exists in this state.

• Astrophysical jetNarrower topic: Astrophysical jets consist mainly of plasma rather than neutral gas.

• Classical fluidCompared with: Plasma may require classical fluid equations, but electromagnetic forces add defining dynamics.

• Franklin Chang-DíazNarrower topic: VASIMR generates and controls this electrically conducting state of matter.

• Fusion powerRelated: Fusion fuels must be heated into plasma before their nuclei can collide often enough.

• Interplanetary mediumNarrower topic: Most of the medium’s gas is plasma rather than electrically neutral matter.

• Ion beamNarrower topic: Many ion sources create ions from plasma before extracting them into a beam.

• Vlasov equationNarrower topic: The equation became a foundational model for collisionless plasmas.

• Alfvén's theoremNarrower topic: The theorem became foundational for describing magnetic fields in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas.

• Astrophysical electromagnetic fieldsNarrower topic: Most visible cosmic matter is ionized, so field dynamics usually involve plasma.