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Scientists have unravelled the science behind the jets of plasma.
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Plasma
- Plasma is the fourth state of matter consisting of electrically charged particles that occur just about everywhere in the sun’s chromosphere.
- It is an ionized gas consisting of approximately equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles.
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Plasma jets
- Plasma Jets appear as thin grass-like plasma structures that constantly shoot up from the surface and are then brought down by gravity.
- The amount of energy and momentum that these spicules can carry is of fundamental interest in solar and plasma astrophysics.
- The processes by which plasma is supplied to the solar wind, and the solar atmosphere is heated to a million degrees Celsius, still remain a puzzle.
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Solar plasma
- Solar plasma can be imagined as threaded by magnetic field lines, much like the long chains in polymer solutions.
- This makes both the systems anisotropic, with properties varying with the direction in space.
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