Quantum plasmas : an hydrodynamic approach

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    • Haas, Fernando

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Quantum plasmas : an hydrodynamic approach

Fernando Haas

(Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics, 65)

Springer, 2011

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Description

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts and new methods in the emerging scientific area known as quantum plasmas. In the near future, quantum effects in plasmas will be unavoidable, particularly in high density scenarios such as those in the next-generation intense laser-solid density plasma experiment or in compact astrophysics objects. Currently, plasmas are in the forefront of many intriguing questions around the transition from microscopic to macroscopic modeling of charged particle systems. Quantum Plasmas: an Hydrodynamic Approach is devoted to the quantum hydrodynamic model paradigm, which, unlike straight quantum kinetic theory, is much more amenable to investigate the nonlinear realm of quantum plasmas. The reader will have a step-by-step construction of the quantum hydrodynamic method applied to plasmas. The book is intended for specialists in classical plasma physics interested in methods of quantum plasma theory, as well as scientists interested in common aspects of two major areas of knowledge: plasma and quantum theory. In these chapters, the quantum hydrodynamic model for plasmas, which has continuously evolved over the past decade, will be summarized to include both the development and applications of the method.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Wigner-Poisson System.- The quantum two-stream instability.- A fluid model for quantum plasmas.- Quantum ion-acoustic waves.- Electromagnetic quantum plasmas.- The one-dimensional quantum Zakharov system.- The three-dimensional quantum Zakharov system.- The moments method.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB06907398
  • ISBN
    • 9781441982001
  • LCCN
    2011934487
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 206 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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