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This summary article is based on the papers presented in the Basic Plasma Physics Sessions of the First Asia Pacific Plasma Conference held at Chengdu, Peoples Republic of China, during 18–23 September 2017. It highlights the principal advances made in diverse areas of basic plasma physics and their potential impact on progress in various applied areas of the field.
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I would like to thank Dr. M. Kikuchi and Dr. Xuru Duan for inviting me to this conference and for their support and encouragement in this task. I am also grateful to all the contributors of the Basic Sessions who sent me valuable inputs for my summary talk at the conference and which has proved very useful in writing this article.
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Sen, A. Summary of basic plasma physics sessions at the first Asia Pacific Plasma Conference, 2017. Rev. Mod. Plasma Phys. 2, 6 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41614-018-0018-5
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