Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

  1. 730 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

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A general introduction designed to present a comprehensive, logical and unified treatment of the fundamentals of plasma physics based on statistical kinetic theory. Its clarity and completeness make it suitable for self-learning and self-paced courses. Problems are included.

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Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080339245
eBook ISBN
9781483293196
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Energy

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
  7. Chapter 2. CHARGED PARTICLE MOTION IN CONSTANT AND UNIFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
  8. Chapter 3. CHARGED PARTICLE MOTION IN NONUNIFORM MAGNETOSTATIC FIELDS
  9. Chapter 4. CHARGED PARTICLE MOTION IN TIME-VARYING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
  10. Chapter 5. ELEMENTS OF PLASMA KINETIC THEORY
  11. Chapter 6. AVERAGE VALUES AND MACROSCOPIC VARIABLES
  12. Chapter 7. THE EQUILIBRIUM STATE
  13. Chapter 8. MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORT EQUATIONS
  14. Chapter 9. MACROSCOPIC EQUATIONS FOR A CONDUCTING FLUID
  15. Chapter 10. PLASMA CONDUCTIVITY AND DIFFUSION
  16. Chapter 11. SOME BASIC PLASMA PHENOMENA
  17. Chapter 12. SIMPLE APPLICATIONS OF MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
  18. Chapter 13. THE PINCH EFFECT
  19. Chapter 14. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN FREE SPACE
  20. Chapter 15. MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES
  21. Chapter 16. WAVES IN COLD PLASMAS
  22. Chapter 17. WAVES IN WARM PLASMAS
  23. Chapter 18. WAVES IN HOT ISOTROPIC PLASMAS
  24. Chapter 19. WAVES IN HOT MAGNETIZED PLASMAS
  25. Chapter 20. PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN PLASMAS
  26. Chapter 21. THE BOLTZMANN AND THE FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS
  27. Chapter 22. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN PLASMAS
  28. Appendix I: USEFUL VECTOR RELATIONS
  29. Appendix II: USEFUL RELATIONS IN CARTESIAN AND IN CURVILINEAR COORDINATES
  30. Appendix III: PHYSICAL CONSTANTS (MKSA)
  31. Appendix IV: CONVERSION FACTORS FOR UNITS
  32. Appendix V: SOME IMPORTANT PLASMA PARAMETERS
  33. Appendix VI: APPROXIMATE MAGNITUDES IN SOME TYPICAL PLASMAS
  34. Index

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