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The framework of plasma physics

Richard D. Hazeltine and François L. Waelbroeck

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

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, c2004

  • : hbk

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"First published 2004 by Westview press"--On T.p. verso

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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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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Details

  • NCID
    BB29233307
  • ISBN
    • 9780367314170
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boca Raton
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 326 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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