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 | Alexander Fridman | father of lex friedman( AI professional and podcast holder), plasma physists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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