Two examples of recent research using pure electron plasmas are discussed. Various phenomena of two-dimensional fluid dynamics were investigated including vortex dynamics, vortex merger, shear-induced instability, and the decay of turbulence. In a second series of experiments, the rate at which the temperatures parallel and perpendicular to a magnetic field relax to a common value has been measured over a very wide range in temperatures and magnetic fields.
純電子プラズマを用いた最近の研究の2つの例について論じる。二次元流体力学のさまざまな現象が調査され、それには渦力学、渦の合体、せん断誘起不安定性、および乱流の減衰が含まれる。第二の一連の実験では、磁場に平行および垂直な温度が共通の値に緩和する速度が、温度と磁場の非常に広い範囲にわたって測定された。