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Ordinarily, we hardly come into contact with plasma in our daily life. Matter which is normally seen exists in the solid, liquid, or gas phase. However, the conducting gas in a fluoresent tube or in a neon sign is in the plasma state. Lightning and aurorae appearing in the polar regions are plasmas in nature. All the stars, including the sun, are masses of high-temperature plasmas. The interstellar matter and nebulae are also in the plasma state, so, it has been said that the greater part of the universe is in the plasma state. It has been demonstrated through studies [1.1, 2] that various amino acids, nucleic acids and other organic compounds can be synthesized. This was done under primitive atmospheric conditions generated by a spark and the resultant silent discharge from a mixture of gases containing methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapor. This simulation is considered to be similar to the earth’s atmosphere in its early stages, implying that life originated in the plasma state.
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Konuma, M. (1992). The Plasma State. In: Film Deposition by Plasma Techniques. Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84511-6_1
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