Computer Simulation of Plasmas at UCLA (Physics)

该计划开创了使用计算机建模的先河， 研究等离子体的物理学 该方案是基于 使用计算机模拟作为通用工具的哲学， 获得等离子体的基本理解，探索现象 这些问题很难或不可能以其他方式进行调查， 并研究有趣的和潜在有用的等离子体行为。 提出了一个为期两年的基本等离子体研究计划 物理学，研究等离子体透镜的特性， 加速器，研究等离子体作为辐射的使用 来源，研究动态德拜云在磁化等离子体， 研究激光机制， 早期宇宙，并开发等离子体诊断工具 research.

This program has pioneered the use of computer modeling for investigating the physics of plasmas. The program is based on the philosophy of using computer simulation as a general tool to gain fundamental understanding of plasmas, to explore phenomena which are difficult or impossible to investigate in other ways, and to study interesting and potentially useful plasma behavior. A two year program is proposed to pursue studies of basic plasma physics, to investigate properties of plasma lenses and accelerators, to investigate the use of plasmas as radiation sources, to study dynamic Debye clouds in magnetized plasmas, to investigate lasing mechanisms which may have been operative in the early universe, and to develop diagnostic tools for plasma research.