Plasma-facing materialIn nuclear fusion power research, the plasma-facing material (or materials) (PFM) is any material used to construct the plasma-facing components (PFC), those components exposed to the plasma within which nuclear fusion occurs, and particularly the material used for the lining the first wall or divertor region of the reactor vessel. Plasma-facing materials for fusion reactor designs must support the overall steps for energy generation, these include: Generating heat through fusion, Capturing heat in the first wall, Transferring heat at a faster rate than capturing heat.
Bohm diffusionThe diffusion of plasma across a magnetic field was conjectured to follow the Bohm diffusion scaling as indicated from the early plasma experiments of very lossy machines. This predicted that the rate of diffusion was linear with temperature and inversely linear with the strength of the confining magnetic field. The rate predicted by Bohm diffusion is much higher than the rate predicted by classical diffusion, which develops from a random walk within the plasma. The classical model scaled inversely with the square of the magnetic field.
Décharge luminescenteUne décharge luminescente est un plasma formé par le passage d'un courant électrique de tension allant de à plusieurs kilovolts, au travers un gaz à basse pression, tel l'argon ou un autre gaz noble. Ce phénomène est utilisé dans des produits commerciaux tels la lampe néon et l'écran à plasma, ainsi que dans les sciences physiques de l'état plasma et la chimie analytique. Les premiers appareils basés sur ce phénomène ont été construits par Heinrich Geissler à partir de 1857.
SphéromakUn sphéromak est un arrangement de plasma prenant la forme d'un vortex toroïdal (un tube courbé refermé sur lui-même). Le terme sphéromak n'est pas un synonyme de tokamak sphérique. Le sphéromak contient de grands courants électriques internes avec les champs magnétiques associés. Ils sont disposés de manière que les forces magnétohydrodynamiques à l'intérieur du sphéromak soient presque équilibrées, ce qui permet d'obtenir des temps de confinement de longue durée (microsecondes) sans champs externes.
Mixed-member proportional representationMixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes are cast for both local elections and also for overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce or deepen overall proportional representation. In some MMP systems, voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party. In Denmark and others, the single vote cast by the voter is used for both the local election (in a multi-member or single-seat district), and for the overall top-up.
Field-reversed configurationA field-reversed configuration (FRC) is a type of plasma device studied as a means of producing nuclear fusion. It confines a plasma on closed magnetic field lines without a central penetration. In an FRC, the plasma has the form of a self-stable torus, similar to a smoke ring. FRCs are closely related to another self-stable magnetic confinement fusion device, the spheromak. Both are considered part of the compact toroid class of fusion devices.
Effet coronathumb|Effet corona autour d'une bobine haute tension. thumb|Photo de 1914 : effet corona autour des fils d'antenne TSF de la tour Eiffel, de nuit. thumb|Effet de couronne sur un éclateur (ligne de ) ; il correspond à une perte en ligne et à une production d'ozone troposphérique polluant. thumb|Décharge corona ici provoquée sur une roulette de Wartenberg (dispositif médical utilisé en neurologie), montrant bien la directionnalité du plasma induit.
Double layer (plasma physics)A double layer is a structure in a plasma consisting of two parallel layers of opposite electrical charge. The sheets of charge, which are not necessarily planar, produce localised excursions of electric potential, resulting in a relatively strong electric field between the layers and weaker but more extensive compensating fields outside, which restore the global potential. Ions and electrons within the double layer are accelerated, decelerated, or deflected by the electric field, depending on their direction of motion.
Compound probability distributionIn probability and statistics, a compound probability distribution (also known as a mixture distribution or contagious distribution) is the probability distribution that results from assuming that a random variable is distributed according to some parametrized distribution, with (some of) the parameters of that distribution themselves being random variables. If the parameter is a scale parameter, the resulting mixture is also called a scale mixture.
Modèle de l'électron libreEn physique du solide, le modèle de l'électron libre est un modèle qui sert à étudier le comportement des électrons de valence dans la structure cristalline d'un solide métallique. Ce modèle, principalement développé par Arnold Sommerfeld, associe le modèle de Drude aux statistiques de Fermi-Dirac (mécanique quantique). Électron Particule dans réseau à une dimension 2.4 Modèle de sommerfeld ou de l'électron libre dans un puits de potentiel, sur le site garmanage.com Catégorie:Physique du solide Catégorie:É
