Recent content by IonReactor

Yes I think the reason for the assumption of finite temperature is for an idealized quantification of the environment. The example you offer is intriguing and since this expression comes from a physics textbook I believe it would make sense to use the real world as a reason to break from...

Early in Bellan he asks us to consider a finite-temperature plasma and assume that the ion and electron densities are initially equal and spatially uniform. He approaches the problem of calculating the Debye length by considering each species of particle, σ , as being a fluid so that the...

I don't have a precise definition. I realize my original post is incorrect because of this lack of precision and that it's entirely possible that "mass quanta" actually aren't present in this system. What I really meant was that I was assuming that the mass of the atoms coupled to the...

Friction is commonly thought to arise from the electromagnetic forces of the atoms at the boundary between two surfaces in contact. However it occurs to me that, in addition to charge quanta, there are also mass quanta present in this system and they could very well play a role. Now, I'm just...

Well, there's really no quick way for me to answer that that wouldn't just be some BS so here's the story of why I decided to go to grad school: I really like futuristic technology because I would read a lot as a kid and the stories that described interstellar travel or plasmas always got me...

It's going to be sent to professors in my department that I want to work for and I hope to tweak it as fall approaches so that I can use it to find an internship.

I mean specifically in aeronautics & astronautics

I'm an MS student in Aeronautics & Astronautics who wants to work in industry after I graduate. My undergraduate background is in physics and EE. I wasted a lot of time as an undergrad to health issues and maturing in general and I view myself as lucky to even have a chance to continue my...

Hi all :) Apologies if this is at all fragmented it's late and this is the last thing I'm doing today before going to sleep. I'm 23 and I just graduated from a regional West Coast engineering school with a BS in Physics with a minor in EE. Towards the end of my education I had the...