Turbulence in Laboratory, Space and Astrophysical Plasmas: Theory and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 291
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plasma models; non-linear plasma dynamics; plasma turbulence & turbulent heating; solar-wind turbulence; wind-magnetosphere interaction; cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent advances in theory of plasma turbulence and their application to several systems, from laboratory experiments to astrophysics. Turbulence is indeed one of the outstanding unsolved problems in physics, and plasmas are ubiquitous throughout the Universe. Turbulent plasmas permeate the intracluster medium of Galaxy clusters, they emerge in accretion flows around supermassive black holes, as well as constituting the solar wind itself, just to mention a few natural cases. Turbulence also arises in a wide range of laboratory experiments, from laser-produced plasma flows to controlled-fusion plasmas. Understanding the properties of turbulent fluctuations in plasmas and the mechanisms underlying their turbulent cascade is crucial to understand how turbulence feeds back on the whole system dynamics and energetics. To this end, theory, observations, and numerical simulations have always played a key role in complementing and supplementing each other.
This Special Issue will gather original research, as well as review and perspective papers, focusing on the key problem of plasma turbulence theories and their applications to laboratory, space and astrophysical systems. This includes studies based on a theoretical approach, both analytical and/or numerical, as well as on data analysis, from both remote observations and/or direct measurements.
Dr. Silvio Sergio Cerri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plasma turbulence
- instabilities
- waves
- turbulent heating
- dynamo
- transport
- space and astrophysical plasmas
- laboratory plasmas
- numerical simulations
- direct measurements
- remote observations
