Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics
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Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics
April 06, 2017
Paul M. Bellan, Professor of Applied Physics , and colleagues have discovered a new way to determine the wavelength of energy flowing through plasma in space—a method that was recently applied during a NASA mission that yielded the first solid evidence of how energy sloshes back and forth in a magnetic wave that moves through the plasma surrounding the earth. [Caltech story]
Written by
Trity Pourbahrami
Professor Bellan