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The dispersion relation of an infinite form of these substances is modeled by the letters X, O, R, and L in the CMA diagram. When certain particles are “warm”, a term of 3 k-squared thermal speed squared appears in the Bohm–Gross dispersion relation of these substances. The term [read slowly] “two over the thermal de Broglie wavelength cubed” appears in an equation describing these substances (-5[1])named for (10[1])Meghnad Saha. (10[1])Discovering low-frequency oscillations in these substances won Hannes Alfvén (“all-VANE”) the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics, who described (10[1])these substances using MHD. The (10[1])Debye (“duh-BYE”) length measures how well electric fields are screened in these substances, which are confined by (10[1])a tokamak’s magnetic field in a potential fusion reactor design. For 10 points, name this high-energy fourth state of (10[2])matter. ■END■

ANSWER: plasmas [accept plasma waves; accept infinite plasmas]
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Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech EAuburn A64-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D6610
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech AEmory A6810
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech E8510
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn B9010
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Ian LuGeorgia Tech FEmory B12510
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