Fatima Ebrahimi

Fatima Ebrahimi is an Iranian-American physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and an Affiliated Research Scholar at the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University.[1][2]

Fatima Ebrahimi
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OccupationPhysicist 
Employer

Ebrahimi received a BSc in Physics from the Tehran Polytechnic University (Amirkabir University of Technology) in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2003 under the supervision of PPPL Director Stewart Prager.[3] She has collaborated with Ellen Gould Zweibel, Dalton Schnack (American Physical Society Fellow), and many other leading physicists.[4]

In 2016, she proposed that magnetic reconnection - the process in which magnetic field lines snap together and release energy - can be triggered by motion in nearby magnetic fields.[2][5] In November 2020 she proposed a plasma-based rocket propulsion system using magnetic fields rather than more-conventional electrical fields to propel exhaust material.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References
  1. "Fatima Ebrahimi | PPPL Theory". theory.pppl.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. "Physicists uncover clues to mechanism behind magnetic reconnection". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. "Ebrahimi, Fatima". Department of Physics. 1061. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. Awe, Stephanie (2019). "A Future for Nuclear Fusion | On Wisconsin". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. Ebrahimi, F. (2016-12-01). "Dynamo-driven plasmoid formation from a current-sheet instability". Physics of Plasmas. 23 (12): 120705. arXiv:1610.09050. doi:10.1063/1.4972218. ISSN 1070-664X.
  6. "New concept for rocket thruster exploits the mechanism behind solar flares". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. "Female physicist invents fusion rocket that may take humans to Mars". The Science Insight. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  8. "Scientist invents new plasma engine for rockets". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  9. "Scientist Develops New Fusion Rocket that Could Take Humans to Mars in Short Time". www.ibtimes.sg. 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  10. "Has this woman just invented the rocket that will take us to Mars?". Channel 103. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  11. admin. "Did this woman just invent the rocket that will take us to Mars? | Scientific and technical news | FR24 News English". Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  12. Ebrahimi, Fatima (2020-12-21). "An Alfvenic reconnecting plasmoid thruster". Journal of Plasma Physics. 86 (6). arXiv:2011.04192. doi:10.1017/S0022377820001476. S2CID 226281913.


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