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Solar and Space Plasma Physics Lab
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The lab explores magnetized plasmas in space, from solar flares to galaxies.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving cosmic explosions with plasma physics.
The Solar and Space Plasma Physics group studies magnetohydrodynamic activity of magnetized plasmas in space, using both theoretical simulations and analysis of observational data.
Topics include explosions such as stellar superflares and solar flares, high-temperature plasmas such as the solar corona, solar wind, and jets, and the dynamo that generates the magnetic fields of the Sun and stars.
The group also studies star-forming regions, accretion disks around the nuclei of galaxies, and magnetohydrodynamic phenomena in galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Key terms
- Plasma
- A state of gas in which atoms have separated into electrons and ions, with electrically charged particles moving about freely.
- Solar flare
- An explosion on the Sun's surface in which energy stored in the magnetic field is released all at once.
- Dynamo
- A mechanism by which gas flows inside a celestial body generate and sustain a magnetic field.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies magnetohydrodynamic activity of magnetized plasmas in space through both theoretical simulations and analysis of observational data.
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MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakaaki Yokoyama
- Associate ProfessorDaisaku Nogami
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31” NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Flares, Jets, and Magnetized Plasma: “Solar chromosphere and X2.39 flare eruption” Petrus Kurppa / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Stellar Physics Lab): “Okayama observatory (Kyoto University)” GeeKay / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Solar Physics Lab): “Hidatenmondai-DSCF0255c” 0-0t / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Terrestrial Electromagnetism Lab): “039 Northern lights over Mývatn (Iceland) Photo by Giles Laurent” Giles Laurent / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Stellar Physics Lab): “Black hole's accretion disk” NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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