Introduction to Plasma Physics

ISBN-13: 9780750301831 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 510 str.

R. J. Goldston; P. H. Rutherford

Opis

Based on a course taught at Princeton University, this textbook offers undergraduate students a detailed introduction to the field. It assumes no previous knowledge of plasma physics, and is based on the authors' years of research in the laboratory.

Recenzje

“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)

Spis treści

Preface Introduction
Introduction to Plasmas
Particle Drifts in Uniform Field.
Particle Drifts in Non-Uniform Magnetic Fields
Particle Drifts in Time-Dependent Fields
Mappings
Fluid Equations for a Plasma
Relation between Fluid Equations and Guiding-Center Drifts
Single-Fluid Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium
Fully and Partially Ionized Plasmas
Collisions in Fully Ionized Plasmas
Diffusion in Plasmas
The Fokker-Planck Equation for Coulomb Collisions
Collisions of Fast Ions in a Plasma
Basic Concepts of Small-Amplitude Waves in Anisotropic Dispersive Media
Waves in an Unmagnetized Plasma
High-Frequency Waves in a Magnetized Plasma
Low-Frequency Waves in a Magnetized Plasma
The Rayleigh-Taylor and Flute Instabilities
The Resistive Tearing Instability
Drift Waves and Instabilities
The Vlasov Equation
Kinetic Effects on Plasma Waves: Vlasov’s Treatment
Kinetic Effects on Plasma Waves: Landau’s Treatment
Velocity-Space Instabilities and Nonlinear Theory
The Drift-Kinetic Equation and Kinetic Drift Waves
Appendices

O autorze

R. J. Goldston (Author) , P. H. Rutherford (Author)