Introduction to Plasma Physics is the standard text for an introductory lecture course on plasma physics. The text’s six sections lead readers systematically and comprehensively through the fundamentals of modern plasma physics. Sections on single-particle motion, plasmas as fluids, and collisional processes in plasmas lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of the subject. The authors take care to place the material in its historical context for a rich understanding of the ideas presented. They also emphasize the importance of medical imaging in radiotherapy, providing a logical link to more advanced works in the area. The text includes problems, tables, and illustrations as well as a thorough index and a complete list of references.
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“This is one of the present standard textbooks on fundamentals of modern plasma physics. The book contains exercises to control the newly obtained knowledge. A list of books for further reading and an index of scientific keywords are given at the end of the work. The book is of interest for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, especially plasma physics and astrophysics and related engineering.”
—Claudia-Veronika Meister (Potsdam)
This is one of the present standard textbooks on fundamentals of modern plasma physics. The book contains exercises to control the newly obtained knowledge. A list of books for further reading and an index of scientific keywords are given at the end of the work. Two disks with computer programs in Macintosh and MS Windows format on area-preserving maps and Hamiltonian chaos are added. The book is of interest for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, especially plasma physics and astrophysics and related engineering.
-Claudia-Veronika Meister (Potsdam)
—Claudia-Veronika Meister (Potsdam)
This is one of the present standard textbooks on fundamentals of modern plasma physics. The book contains exercises to control the newly obtained knowledge. A list of books for further reading and an index of scientific keywords are given at the end of the work. Two disks with computer programs in Macintosh and MS Windows format on area-preserving maps and Hamiltonian chaos are added. The book is of interest for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, especially plasma physics and astrophysics and related engineering.
-Claudia-Veronika Meister (Potsdam)
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I am a university student who major in physics. and this book was a text in plasma course. As plasma group of princeton univ. is strong, this book is strong enough to understand plasma. most favorite thing in this book is sufficient explanation about the physical and mathmatical explanation. and the not good thing is a little dirty mathmatical calculation. so if you want clear mathmatics, I think you had better look another book. Anyway if you read this from cover to cover, you can learn ABC of Plasma. isn't it wonderful?
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This book can be very useful as a graduate level plasma text, or a reference, or as something to put on your shelf to make you look like a "serious" plasma physicist. It covers drifts extremely well and I was reasonably pleased with the two fluid model. But in the end if you are trying to learn plasma physics this book really shines as a SUPPLEMENT and I imagine would be pretty frustrating as your only source to learn from. I bought this book and Chen's book for my graduate plasma 1 course. I never opened Chen, referenced Goldston often throughout the course (and as expected put a lot of focus on the class notes). But honestly, I think you probably already know if you need this book.
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First and foremost, a plasma is an ionized gas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electron drift wave, background plasma ions, intrinsic ambipolarity, resistive tearing instability, resistive tearing instabilities, ion density perturbation, electron temperature gradient, magnetohydrodynamic motion, electron plasma waves, current slab, plasma slab, given field line, unmagnetized plasma, diamagnetic drift, plasma resistivity, precession speed, gravitational drift, flute instability, electron branch, ion branch, inverted slope, leftward steps, polarization drift, ambipolar electric field, coronal equilibrium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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electron drift wave, background plasma ions, intrinsic ambipolarity, resistive tearing instability, resistive tearing instabilities, ion density perturbation, electron temperature gradient, magnetohydrodynamic motion, electron plasma waves, current slab, plasma slab, given field line, unmagnetized plasma, diamagnetic drift, plasma resistivity, precession speed, gravitational drift, flute instability, electron branch, ion branch, inverted slope, leftward steps, polarization drift, ambipolar electric field, coronal equilibrium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Waves in Plasmas by Thomas H. Stix on 4 pages
- Theory of Tokamak Plasmas by R. B. White on page 336, and Back Matter
- Principles of Plasma Physics by Nicholas A. Krall on page 459, and Back Matter
- Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics (Modern Perspectives in Energy) by Jeffrey P. Freidberg in Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics) by Frederick Reif on page 219
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- Physics of Intense Charged Particle Beams in High Energy Accelerators by Ronald C. Davidson on 4 pages
- Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas by J. P. Hans Goedbloed on page 29, page 80, and Back Matter
- Introduction to the Physics of Highly Charged Ions (Series in Atomic Molecular Physics) (Vol. 3) by Heinrich F. Beyer on page 86, and Back Matter
- Spheromaks: a practical application of magnetohydrodynamic dynamos and plasma self-organization by Paul murray Bellan on page 310, and page 312
- Fusion: A Voyage Through the Plasma Universe (Plasma Physics Series) by Hans Wilhelmsson in Front Matter, and page 9
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