High Temperature Plasmas

Theory and Mathematical Tools for Laser and Fusion Plasmas

Karl-Heinz Spatschek

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9783527410415
• eBook ISBN: 9783527638123
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Nuclear Physics

Filling the gap for a treatment of the subject as an advanced course in theoretical physics with a huge potential for future applications, this monograph discusses aspects of these applications and provides theoretical methods and tools for their investigation. Throughout this coherent and up-to-date work the main emphasis is on classical plasmas at high-temperatures, drawing on the experienced author's specialist background. As such, it covers the key areas of magnetic fusion plasma, laser-plasma-interaction and astrophysical plasmas, while also including nonlinear waves and phenomena.
For master and PhD students as well as researchers interested in the theoretical foundations of plasma models.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Single Particle Motion
• Chapter 3: Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• Chapter 4: Kinetic Description of Nonequilibrium Plasmas
• Chapter 5: Fluid Description
• Chapter 6: Principles of Linear and Stochastic Transport
• Chapter 7: Linear Waves and Instabilities
• Chapter 8: General Theory of Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
• Chapter 9: Nonlinear Wave Aspects in Laser–Matter Interaction
• Appendix A: Units
• Appendix B: Fourier and Laplace Transforms for Pedestrians
• Appendix C: The Inverse Scattering Transform (IST) for Nonlinear Waves
• Appendix D: Lie Transform Techniques for Eliminating Fast Variations
• Appendix E: Choices of Low-Dimensional Basis Systems
• Appendix F: Center Manifold Theory
• Appendix G: Newell–Whitehead Procedure
• Appendix H: Liapunov Stability
• Appendix I: Variational Principles
• Appendix J: Self-Adjointness of the Operator f Appearing in Hydromagnetic Variational Principles
• References
• Index