This book covers the subject of plasma physics. The first few chapters deal with the fundamentals of plasma physics. Subsequently, the applications and properties of human-made and naturally occurring plasmas are discussed. In addition, there are chapters devoted to general phenomena, such as turbulence and chaos. The computational techniques employed in modeling plasma behavior are also described.
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"...offers an excellent overview of plasma research. I recommend it not only to students but to all those engaged in plasma physics studies." S. Peter Gary, EOS
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The fundamentals of plasma physics are followed by the applications and properties of human-made and naturally occurring plasmas, as well as chapters devoted to general phenomena, such as turbulence and chaos. Computational techniques employed in modeling plasma behavior are also described.
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A comprehensive series of lectures on plasma physics,
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This book is organized as a collection of lectures covering all main topics on the subject. A background in classical electromagnetism and fluid mechanics is of course needed, but no previous knowledge of plasma physics is required. A quite interesting and enjoyable undergraduate level book.
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In tenuous or high temperature plasmas, where collisional encounters between the constituent charged particles are rare, an understanding of plasma phenomena requires a knowledge of the individual particles trajectories in the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electrostatic potential fluctuations, collisional drift wave, electron thermal diffusivity, floating sheath, double singular point, auroral field lines, toroidal pinch, broadband turbulence, drift wave turbulence, poloidal field coils, sheared magnetic field, plasma behaviour, cyclotron range, banana orbits, ambipolar field, magnetopause boundary layer, high field side, energy confinement time, magnetic field topology, neutral beam heating, sheath edge, cathode fall, axisymmetric oscillation, cyclotron heating, resonant surface Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In tenuous or high temperature plasmas, where collisional encounters between the constituent charged particles are rare, an understanding of plasma phenomena requires a knowledge of the individual particles trajectories in the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electrostatic potential fluctuations, collisional drift wave, electron thermal diffusivity, floating sheath, double singular point, auroral field lines, toroidal pinch, broadband turbulence, drift wave turbulence, poloidal field coils, sheared magnetic field, plasma behaviour, cyclotron range, banana orbits, ambipolar field, magnetopause boundary layer, high field side, energy confinement time, magnetic field topology, neutral beam heating, sheath edge, cathode fall, axisymmetric oscillation, cyclotron heating, resonant surface Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Plasma Phys, Fluid Mech, Academic Press, Oxford University Press, Fusion Suppl, Cambridge University Press, General Atomics, Joint Undertaking, Mullin Fig, San Diego, Solar Phys, Springer Lecture Notes, Department of Energy, European Conference, Todd Fig New!
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- Electrodynamics of Particles and Plasmas (Advanced Book Classics) by P. C. Clemmow in Front Matter, page 53, and page 76
- Galactic Dynamics (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) by James Binney in Front Matter, page 291, and page 318
- Principles of Plasma Physics by Nicholas A. Krall on page 53, and page 506
- Physics of Ionized Gases by L. Tanovic on page 289, and page 366
- Plasma Physics (Institute of Physics Conference Series) by Culham Laboratory in Front Matter, and page 194
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- Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas by J. P. Hans Goedbloed on page 30, and Back Matter
- Electron Acceleration in the Aurora and Beyond by D Bryant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Electromagnetic Waves (Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing Series) by Carlo G. Someda on page 232
- Physics of Plasmas by Leslie Colin Woods in Back Matter
- Plasma Processes for Semiconductor Fabrication (Cambridge Studies in Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronic Engineering) by W. N. G. Hitchon in Back Matter
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