Fundamental Plasma Processes

Prof. Opher, in her earlier career, explored fundamental plasma processes such as naturally existing fluctuations away from eigenmode in plasma, both classic and quantum plasma. She wrote the first paper with John Dawson in UCLA exploring the effects of such fluctuations in quantum plasma, starting a whole new field.

Selection of seminal work from Prof. Opher on fluctuations in quantum plasma: 

Opher, M., Silva, L. O., Dauger. D. E., Decyk, V. K., and Dawson, J. M., “Nuclear Reaction Rates and Energy in Stellar Plasmas: The effect of Highly Damped Modes”, Physics of Plasmas Vol. 8, 2454 (2001).