Groups and Divisions

 

IOP Groups

Astronomy

X-ray image of the Cas A supernova remnant obtained using the Chandra spacecraft (http://chandra.harvard.edu/). The blue regions indicate the presence of plasma at a temperature of greater than 3 keV.
Astronomy

Beyond the Earth's atmosphere, most of the matter in the universe is in the plasma state. Plasma physics is thus key to the understanding of many astrophysical processes, including solar wind acceleration, solar flares, radiation from pulsar magnetospheres, and cosmic ray acceleration. Cosmic ray protons and electrons are believed to be accelerated at collisionless plasma shocks, which occur in the vicinity of supernova remnants such as Cas A. For more information see:

Warwick University Research
Glasgow University Research

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Artwork | Image by Fred Swist