plasmoid
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plasmoid
[′plaz‚mȯid] (physics)
An isolated collection of electrons, ions, and neutral particles which holds together for a duration many times as long as the collision times between particles.
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As the north end re-connected with the surface around 11:48 UT, a
plasmoid sphere was hurled over the west limb at high speed between 11:48 and 12:04 UT from the foot of the re-connecting arch.
Interestingly, experiments on
plasmoid by Bostick et al.
Baker also described advances in techniques for adding fuel to the plasma, citing the development of high-velocity pellet injectors operating steady-state at speeds in the 1.5 km/sec range and the development of
plasmoid injector systems.
Thus the plasmoid cools and condenses its increasing mass into a compact quasar.
Hence the directional nature of the observed plasmoid ejections.
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