Concepedia

Ion Thermalization

Ion Thermalization is a physical process in plasma physics whereby ions attain a Maxwellian velocity distribution through Coulomb collisions, thereby equilibrating their kinetic energy with the local thermal energy of the plasma environment.

112

Publications

5.9K

Citations

500

Authors

127

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

Variants

Ion Thermalisation

Parents

Publications

112

“Bottom-up” thermalization in heavy ion collisions

R. Baier, A.H. Mueller, D. Schiff et al. · Physics Letters B · 2001 · 595 citations · Full text

, , +9

Heating of toroidal plasmas by neutral injection

Thomas H. Stix · Plasma Physics · 1972 · 343 citations

, , +14

Principles of the stored ion calorimeter

D. J. Wineland, Hans Dehmelt · Journal of Applied Physics · 1975 · 326 citations

, , +12

Collisional Cooling of Large Ions in Electrospray Mass Spectrometry

Igor V. Chernushevich, Bruce A. Thomson · Analytical Chemistry · 2004 · 233 citations

, , +12

Ion thermalization in quasi‐perpendicular shocks involving reflected ions

N. Sckopke, G. Paschmann, A. L. Brinca et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 229 citations

, , +14

1–5 of 112

Authors

500

  1. MO
    M. Osakabe

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. KT
    K. Tsumori

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. KI
    K. Ida

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. YT
    Y. Takeiri

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. SM
    S. Morita

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5 of 500

Institutions

127

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    802 citations

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    559 citations

  3. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    381 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    336 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    336 citations

  6. National Institute for Fusion Science

    Toki, Japan

    4 h-index

    169 publications

    8K citations

  7. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    169 citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    102 citations

1–8 of 127

Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 17 publications · 1K citations

    13

    h-index

  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 10 publications · 384 citations

    10

    h-index

  3. Physics of Plasmas

    8 publications · 253 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Nuclear Fusion

    6 publications · 266 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. 5

    h-index

1–5