List of plasma physicists
This is a list of physicists who have worked in or made notable contributions to the field of plasma physics.
| Name | Known for |
|---|---|
| Anatoly Vlasov | first suggested the Vlasov equation, a correct description of plasma with long-range interaction between particles |
| Andrey Dmitriyevich Sakharov | proposed the development of the tokamak device for use in controlled thermonuclear fusion. |
| Anthony Peratt | influential advocate of plasma cosmology |
| David Bohm | derived the Bohm sheath criterion, which states that a plasma must flow with at least the speed of sound toward a solid surface |
| Eric Lerner | pioneer of focus fusion and advocate of plasma cosmology |
| Forrest S. Mozer | electric field measurements in space plasma |
| Fran Bošnjaković | |
| F. F. Chen | the plasma physics textbook "Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion" |
| Franklin Chang-Diaz | Created the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) concept, an electromagnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion |
| Friedrich Paschen | Paschen's law, an equation relating the breakdown voltage to the gas pressure and electrode gap length |
| Ghulam Murtaza | |
| Hannes Alfvén | 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics "for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics" |
| Harold Furth | Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (1981-1990) |
| Harold P. Eubank | |
| Irving Langmuir | Coined the term "plasma" to hint at the lifelike behavior of this state of matter. Developed electron temperature concepts and an electrostatic probe, the Langmuir probe. |
| Katherine Weimer | Scientific research in the field of plasma magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability theory |
| Kristian Birkeland | First suggested that polar electric currents (or auroral electrojets) are connected to a system of filaments (now called "Birkeland currents") that flow along geomagnetic field lines into and away from the polar region. |
| Lev Landau | Landau damping |
| Li Jiangang | |
| Liu Chen | recipient of numerous awards for research on plasma physics (e.g. John Dawson Prize (2004), Hannes Alfvén Prize (2008) and James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2012)) |
| Lyman Spitzer | theoretical contributions to plasma physics, Spitzer resistivity |
| Marshall Rosenbluth | fundamental theoretical contributions plasma physics, and in particular, plasma instabilities |
| Meghnad Saha | Saha ionization equation |
| Mounir Laroussi | Plasma pencil, seminal contributions to the biomedical applications of low temperature plasma, plasma medicine |
| Nam Chang-hee | |
| Oscar Buneman | computational plasma physics and plasma simulation, Farley–Buneman instability |
| Peter Debye | Nobel Prize–winning physicist and chemist, after whom Debye shielding and Debye length are named |
| Philo Farnsworth | invention of the cathode ray tube, television and Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor |
| Predhiman Krishnan Kaw | founding director of the Institute for Plasma Research (1986-2012) |
| Radu Bălescu | recipient of the Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2000 |
| Ratko Janev | |
| Ronald C. Davidson | first director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (1991-1996) |
| Rudolf Seeliger | specialized in electric discharges in gases and plasma physics |
| Subrata Roy | invention of the Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle and serpentine geometry plasma actuator |
| Shaukat Hameed Khan | Laser isotope separation, Chief Science Officer of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (1969-2005) |
| Sydney Chapman | development of the kinetic theory of gases |
| Vitaly Ginzburg | the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in plasmas |
| Vitaly Shafranov | theoretical contributions to plasma physics (e.g. Grad–Shafranov equation, Kruskal–Shafranov instability) |
| Willard Harrison Bennett | Z-pinch is a form of "Bennett pinch". Also invented radio frequency mass spectrometry. |
| William Crookes | pioneer of vacuum tubes and the Crookes tube |
See also
- Whistler (radio) waves
- Langmuir waves
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