Basic Principles of Plasma Physics: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780367091897 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 352 str.

Setsuo Ichimaru

Opis

The book describes a statistical approach to the basics of plasma physics.

Spis treści

Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Kinetic Equations , Plasmas as Dielectric Media , Longitudinal Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transverse Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transient Processes , Instabilities in Homogeneous Plasmas , Instabilities in Inhomogeneous Plasmas , Fluctuations , Relaxation Processes , Plasma Turbulence , Structure of Kinetic Equations , Derivation of the Balescu-Lenard Collision Term , Analytic Properties of the Dielectric Response Function , Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem , Scattering Cross Section of a Many-Particle System in the Born Approximation

O autorze

Setsuo Ichimaru