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What term describes the apparent charge neutrality of a plasma overall?
What term describes the apparent charge neutrality of a plasma overall?
- Quasi-neutrality (correct)
- Double layer
- Positive layer
- Negative layer
What term is used to describe the transition between two plasma regions with different characteristics?
What term is used to describe the transition between two plasma regions with different characteristics?
- Quasi-neutrality
- Positive layer
- Double layer (correct)
- Negative layer
Why are plasmas considered excellent conductors of electricity?
Why are plasmas considered excellent conductors of electricity?
- Due to low mobility of electrons
- Due to high density
- Due to absence of electric fields
- Due to neutralization of any charges that develop (correct)
What does the term 'quasineutrality' refer to?
What does the term 'quasineutrality' refer to?
What characteristic makes plasmas excellent conductors of electricity?
What characteristic makes plasmas excellent conductors of electricity?
In the hydrodynamic model concept, what assumption is made about the fluctuations around the average values in a plasma?
In the hydrodynamic model concept, what assumption is made about the fluctuations around the average values in a plasma?
What is the primary reason plasmas are considered excellent conductors of electricity?
What is the primary reason plasmas are considered excellent conductors of electricity?
What term is used to describe the state in which nearly all visible matter in the universe exists?
What term is used to describe the state in which nearly all visible matter in the universe exists?
What is the condition that is generally released in laboratory plasmas, as mentioned in the text?
What is the condition that is generally released in laboratory plasmas, as mentioned in the text?
What phenomenon or objects can plasmas exist in, as mentioned in the text?
What phenomenon or objects can plasmas exist in, as mentioned in the text?
According to the single particle model, what law describes the motion of each particle?
According to the single particle model, what law describes the motion of each particle?
What is the special case of drift often called in the context of the single particle model?
What is the special case of drift often called in the context of the single particle model?
In the frame moving with the drift velocity, what field vanishes according to the context of special relativity?
In the frame moving with the drift velocity, what field vanishes according to the context of special relativity?
What happens to the curvature of a particle's orbit when it moves into a larger magnetic field?
What happens to the curvature of a particle's orbit when it moves into a larger magnetic field?
What is the term used to describe the velocity needed for a charged particle to follow a curved field line?
What is the term used to describe the velocity needed for a charged particle to follow a curved field line?
