Experiments on structural formation in plasmas
Since the early days of plasma physics, it is known that plasma is more than a hotgaseous state of matter. The electric charge of the plasma constituents (usually electrons and ions) allows for collective behavior and the time scales of electron and iondynamics are well separated. Thus, plasmas exhibit a rich variety of phenomena whichare unknown to ordinary gases and contribute to the compelling properties of thisstate of matter. The wealth of phenomena, their relevance for astrophysical and technological applications, and their impact on other fields have driven plasma researchfor almost a century now and have provided much insight into the formation of staticstructures, oscillatory instabilities, waves, and turbulence.
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