Question

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. (10[1])The term [read slowly] “two over the (10[1])thermal de Broglie wavelength cubed” appears in an equation describing these substances named for Meghnad Saha. Discovering low-frequency oscillations (10[1])in these substances won (10[2])Hannes (10[1])Alfvén (“all-VANE”) the 1970 Nobel (10[2])Prize in Physics, who described these (-5[1])substances (10[1])using MHD. The Debye (“duh-BYE”) length measures how (10[1])well electric fields are screened in these substances, which are confined by a tokamak’s magnetic (10[1])field in a potential fusion reactor design. For 10 points, name this (10[1])high-energy (10[1])fourth (10[1])state of matter. ■END■

ANSWER: plasmas [accept plasma waves; accept infinite plasmas]
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Mitchell IndekMichigan BKenyon A (UG)4510
Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State APitt B (UG)5210
Aditya Patnaik (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU A (UG)7110
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)Michigan C (UG)7510
Calvin Bostleman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)CWRU D (DII)7510
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Calvin Bostleman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan State B (UG)8010
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B (DII)8010
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Ariel FaederPitt AOhio State C (DII)8710
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan B9410
Jason Thieu (DII)Michigan State B (UG)CWRU B (UG)10910
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Pitt A12110
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)Pitt B (UG)12210
Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State AKenyon B (DII)12310