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The framework of plasma physics

Richard D. Hazeltine and François L. Waelbroeck

(Frontiers in physics, 100)(Advanced book program)

Westview Press, 2004

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"A member of the Perseus Books Group."

Updated ed. of 1987

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-319) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Plasma physics is a necessary part of our understanding of stellar and galactic structure. It determines the magnetospheric environment of the earth and other planets it forms the research frontier in such areas as nuclear fusion, advanced accelerators, and high power lasers and its applications to various industrial processes (such as computer chip manufacture) are rapidly increasing. It is thus a subject with a long list of scientific and technological applications. This book provides the scientific background for understanding such applications, but it emphasizes something else: the intrinsic scientific interest of the plasma state. It attempts to develop an understanding of this state, and of plasma behaviour, as thoroughly and systematically as possible. The book was written with the graduate student in mind, but most of the material would also fit into an upper-level undergraduate course.

Table of Contents

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

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  • NCID
    BA68242264
  • ISBN
    • 0813342139
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boulder, Colo.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 326 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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