The Framework Of Plasma Physics

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8133-4213-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Reihe: Frontiers in Physics

This book provides an excellent introduction to the fundamental physics of plasmas, which comprise most of the matter in the universe. It is based on lectures that were used for an introductory plasma course at the graduate level.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hazeltine, Richard D.

Waelbroeck, Francois L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor’s Foreword -- Preface -- The Nature of Plasma -- Charged Particle Motion -- Fluid Description of a Plasma -- Waves in a Cold Plasma -- MHD and the Drift Model -- Vlasov Description of a Plasma -- Binary Collisions -- Collisional Transport -- Turbulent Transport -- Description of a Relativistic Plasma -- Derivation of Balescu-Lenard operator

Über Autor(innen)

Hazeltine, Richard D. Waelbroeck, Francois L.