For almost four decades, Kyriakos Hizanidis and I have interacted intellectually and socially — through jocular repartee, as well as by provoking, pestering, and irritating each other. Analogous to fine wine, our friendship has become richer and more enduring over time through common goals and mutual understanding. The underlying stimulant has been our passion for physics. Over the years, our domain of interaction has drawn in younger and vibrant physicists in Greece and in USA. In this talk, I will discuss different topics we have explored in plasma physics along with my vision for the future. Plasmas, whether occurring in the natural environment or in fusion devices, are inherently complex dynamical systems. Our studies on probing this complexity have ranged from linear to nonlinear classical plasma physics and, recently, on developing a framework for plasma physics within quantum information sciences.
- Mendonça, J.T.
- Χιτζανίδης, Κ.