Computer Simulation of Plasmas at UCLA (Physics)

这个程序开创了使用计算机建模来研究等离子体物理的先河。该计划基于使用计算机模拟作为一般工具的理念，以获得对等离子体的基本理解，探索难以或不可能以其他方式调查的现象，并研究有趣和潜在有用的等离子体行为。计划进行基础等离子体物理的研究，研究等离子体透镜和加速器的特性，研究等离子体作为辐射源的使用，研究磁化等离子体中的动态德拜云，研究可能在早期宇宙中起作用的激光机制，并开发等离子体研究的诊断工具。

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.