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History, Archeology and Culturology

February 6, 2026; Zurich, Switzerland: XI International Scientific and Practical Conference «GRUNDLAGEN DER MODERNEN WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG»


GENERAL CONCEPTS REGARDING THE ROLE OF PLASMA PROCESSES IN SPACE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE TERM “PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS”


DOI
https://doi.org/10.36074/logos-06.02.2026.064
Published
06.02.2026

Abstract

It is well established that the cosmos is predominantly composed of plasma. Only a very small fraction of matter in the Universe exists in a solid state, and an even smaller portion — in liquid form. Of course, not every gas is plasma, yet under cosmic conditions even regions consisting of neutral hydrogen or the atmospheres of cool stars — where the number of ionized atoms may be fewer than one per thousand neutral atoms — still exhibit plasma behavior.

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