Plasma Waves in Space and in the Laboratory
Author | : John Orion Thomas |
Publisher | : Elsevier Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Orion Thomas |
Publisher | : Elsevier Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Donald A. Gurnett |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 2017-02-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107027373 |
Introducing the principles and applications of plasma physics, this new edition is ideal as an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level text.
Author | : D. A. Gurnett |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2005-01-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521364836 |
Advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate text on space and laboratory plasma physics.
Author | : NATO Advanced Study Institute |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Piel |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2010-06-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642104916 |
This book is an outgrowth of courses in plasma physics which I have taught at Kiel University for many years. During this time I have tried to convince my students that plasmas as different as gas dicharges, fusion plasmas and space plasmas can be described in a uni ed way by simple models. The challenge in teaching plasma physics is its apparent complexity. The wealth of plasma phenomena found in so diverse elds makes it quite different from atomic physics, where atomic structure, spectral lines and chemical binding can all be derived from a single equation—the Schrödinger equation. I positively accept the variety of plasmas and refrain from subdividing plasma physics into the traditional, but arti cially separated elds, of hot, cold and space plasmas. This is why I like to confront my students, and the readers of this book, with examples from so many elds. By this approach, I believe, they will be able to become discoverers who can see the commonality between a falling apple and planetary motion. As an experimentalist, I am convinced that plasma physics can be best understood from a bottom-up approach with many illustrating examples that give the students con dence in their understanding of plasma processes. The theoretical framework of plasma physics can then be introduced in several steps of re nement. In the end, the student (or reader) will see that there is something like the Schrödinger equation, namely the Vlasov-Maxwell model of plasmas, from which nearly all phenomena in collisionless plasmas can be derived.
Author | : John Orion Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Plasma waves |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. O. Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 487 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Plasma (Ionized gases) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Piel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 2017-09-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319634275 |
The enlarged new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic processes in plasmas and demonstrates that the same fundamental concepts describe cold gas-discharge plasmas, space plasmas, and hot fusion plasmas. Starting from particle drifts in magnetic fields, the principles of magnetic confinement fusion are explained and compared with laser fusion. Collective processes are discussed in terms of plasma waves and instabilities. The concepts of plasma description by magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory, and particle simulation are stepwise introduced. Space charge effects in sheath regions, double layers and plasma diodes are given the necessary attention. The novel fundamental mechanisms of dusty plasmas are explored and integrated into the framework of conventional plasmas. The book concludes with a concise description of modern plasma discharges. Written by an internationally renowned researcher in experimental plasma physics, the text keeps the mathematical apparatus simple and emphasizes the underlying concepts. The guidelines of plasma physics are illustrated by a host of practical examples, preferentially from plasma diagnostics. There, Langmuir probe methods, laser interferometry, ionospheric sounding, Faraday rotation, and diagnostics of dusty plasmas are discussed. Though primarily addressing students in plasma physics, the book is easily accessible for researchers in neighboring disciplines, such as space science, astrophysics, material science, applied physics, and electrical engineering. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and contains substantially enlarged chapters on plasma diagnostics, dusty plasmas and plasma discharges. Probe techniques have been rearranged into basic theory and a host of practical examples for probe techniques in dc, rf, and space plasmas. New topics in dusty plasmas, such as plasma crystals, Yukawa balls, phase transitions and attractive forces have been adopted. The chapter on plasma discharges now contains a new section on conventional and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. The recently discovered electrical asymmetry effect in capacitive rf-discharges is described. The text is based on an introductory course to plasma physics and advanced courses in plasma diagnostics, dusty plasmas, and plasma waves, which the author has taught at Kiel University for three decades. The pedagogical approach combines detailed explanations, a large number of illustrative figures, short summaries of the basics at the end of each chapter, and a selection of problems with detailed solutions.