ABSTRACT

It was also recognized by astrophysicists that much of the universe consists of plasmas such as our own sun (Figures 4.1 and 4.2), which is a glowing ball of hot hydrogen plasma.

Closer to home, some people have witnessed a natural plasma in the form of the auroras, a polar light display caused by the bombardment of the atmospheric constituents by high-energy particles, and surely everyone is familiar with the blinding ash of a lightning bolt.