Enabling Discoveries in Heliospheric Science through Laboratory Plasma Experiments
Whitepaper #236 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research; infrastructure/workforce/other programmatic. Additional topics: fundamental space plasma theory; state of the profession; laboratory space plasma […]
by Emily Lichko, Douglass Endrizzi, James Juno, Joseph Olson, Seth Dorfman, Rachel Young, Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Evdokiya Kostadinova, Mel Abler, Feiyu Li, Derek Schaeffer, Kristopher Klein, Rachael Filwett, Yeimy Rivera, Silvina Guidoni, Arian Timm, Peter Heuer, Jason TenBarge, Lorin Matthews, Lev Arzamasskiy, Tiger Du, Gregory G. Howes, Luca Comisso, Florian Effenberg, Dan Fries, Jonathan Squire, Peiyun Shi, Alfred Mallet, Jaye Verniero, Leon Ofman, Romain Meyrand, Kimberly Moreland, Liang Wang, Subash Adhikari, Vincent Ledvina, Chuanfei Dong, Chris Gilly, Hossein Ghadjari, Christopher Light, Ranadeep Sarkar, Yi-Hsin Liu, Marc Swisdak, Benjamin J. Lynch, Anwesha Maharana, Xiangrong Fu, James Wanliss, Pankaj Kumar, Paul Cassak, and Anshu Kumari
Published onJul 31, 2023
Enabling Discoveries in Heliospheric Science through Laboratory Plasma Experiments
Resolving 3D physics occurring on multiple spatial and temporal scales is difficult with spacecraft and computer simulations alone, but can be studied much more easily with laboratory plasma experiments. This white paper proposes increasing funding for both human and physical infrastructure development in existing laboratory plasma facilities.
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