Accession Number:

AD0672143

Title:

ADVANCES IN PLASMA DYNAMICS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NORTHWESTERN UNIV EVANSTON IL GAS DYNAMICS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson, Thomas P.
• Springer, Robert W.

Report Date:

1967-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

325.0

Abstract:

Contents Laboratory geophysics and astrophysics Laboratory simulation of solar wind phenomena NASA research on collective effects in collisionless plasmas Particle losses in a simulated fusion plasma Electric potentials, forces, and torques on bodies moving through rarefied plasmas Magnetic space shields Magnetoaerodynamic drag and flight control Status MHD accelerators for test facilities Problems of the coal-fired MHD power plant Instrumentation using quantum interference in superconductors Direct energy conversion and astronautics Application of spectroscopic methods for measurements of plasma electron temperature and density Plasma properties in an inductive pulsed plasma accelerator The interplanetary plasma.

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• SIMULATION
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• SYMPOSIA
• SPECTROSCOPY
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS
• PLASMA ACCELERATORS
• SOLAR WIND
• THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
• ASTROPHYSICS
• QUANTUM THEORY
• SHIELDING
• GEOPHYSICS
• DRAG
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATORS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE