Physics of Nonideal Plasmas

ISBN-13: 9783322997371 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2013 / 321 str.

Werner Ebeling; Andreas Forster; Frank-Olaf Radtke

Spis treści

1: Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo results.- Numerical simulation of Coulombic freezing.- Monte Carlo simulation study of dense plasmas.- Large Coulomb and Lennard-Jones crystals and quasicrystals.- Localization of quantum electrons in one, two and three dimensional disordered systems of scatterers. Monte Carlo investigations.- N log N code for dense plasma simulations.- 2: Thermodynamics and phase transitions.- Statistical thermodynamics of bound states and phase transitions in nonideal plasmas.- A simple statistical mechanical model for pressure induced ionization.- Single and two particle properties in dense plasmas.- Second-moment sum rules for correlation functions in a classical ionic mixture.- The Saha equation for a two-temperature plasma.- Phase transition in simplest plasma models.- Mean spherical approximation for the thermodynamics of partially ionized and strongly coupled plasmas.- Quasiclassical shell model and thermodynamical functions of dense plasma.- A model for the ionization equilibrium of a very dense hydrogen plasma.- Microfield, quasi-zones and plasmas nonideality.- Behavior of the electrical microfield in a plasma, for a strong field.- Critical point of lithium under influence of Coulomb interaction.- High pressure — high temperature thermophysical measurements on liquid metals.- 3: Kinetics of transitions.- Equation of motion for higher order distribution functions and linear response theory.- Kinetic theory of ionization processes in dense plasmas.- Ionization and recombination coefficients of excited states in nonideal hydrogen plasmas.- 4: Collective modes and transport properties.- Collective modes in strongly coupled plasmas.- Viscosity and ion sound in strongly coupled plasma.- Interpolation formulae for the transport coefficients in dense plasmas.- Strong electric fields and nonlinear current-voltage characteristic non-ideal plasmas in liquid semiconductors at high temperatures and high pressures.- Measurement of the electrical conductivity of a strongly coupled metal plasma.- Recent development of experiments on non-ideal plasmas with the Kiel ballistic compressor.- 5: Radiation and spectroscopy.- Electric field dynamics at a charged point strong coupling limit.- About the influence of dense plasmas on spectral line shapes of different atomic radiators — Theory.- About the influence of dense plasmas on spectral line shapes of different atomic radiators — Experiment.- IR spectra of dense xenon and argon plasmas.- Light from dense plasmas.- Collision frequency of non-ideal plasmas: Influence of plasma oscillations.- Gas-liner pinch as a source for high density plasma spectroscopy.- 6: Astrophysical Problems.- Nuclear fusion in dense plasmas: supernovae to ultrahigh-pressure liquid metals.- The equation of state for stellar envelopes.- The plasma phase transition of hydrogen in giant planets.- 7: Laser and Ion Fusion.- Particle driven inertial fusion through cluster ion beam.- Strongly coupled plasma in laser-target experiments.- Thomas-Fermi calculation of laser beam and particle beam ranges in strongly coupled plasma.- Author Index.

O autorze

Frank-Olaf Radtke ist Professor am Institut für Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft der Universität Frankfurt am Main.