Introduction to Plasma Physics

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78548-306-6
Verlag: ISTE PR ELSEVIER

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Introduction to Plasma Physics presents the latest on plasma physics. Although plasmas are not very present in our immediate environment, there are still universal phenomena that we encounter, i.e., electric shocks and galactic jets. This book presents, in parallel, the basics of plasma theory and a number of applications to laboratory plasmas or natural plasmas. It provides a fresh look at concepts already addressed in other disciplines, such as pressure and temperature. In addition, the information provided helps us understand the links between fluid theories, such as MHD and the kinetic theory of these media, especially in wave propagation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Belmont, Gerard

Rezeau, Laurence

Riconda, Caterina

Zaslavsky, Arnaud

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is Plasma?
2. Individual Trajectories in an Electromagnetic Field
3. Kinetic Theory of Plasma
4. Plasma Fluid Modeling and MHD Limit
5. Waves in Plasmas in the Fluid Approximation
6. Kinetic Effects: Landau Dumping
7. Shockwaves and Discontinuities

Über Autor(innen)

Rezeau, Laurence
Laurence Rezeau is Professor of Astrophysics at Sorbonne University, France. Her main research interest is in the interactions between solar wind and the Earth.

Riconda, Caterina
Caterina Riconda is Professor of Physics at Sorbonne University, France. Her main research interest is in the theory and simulations of laser-plasma interaction.

Zaslavsky, Arnaud
Arnaud Zaslavsky is Maître de Conferences in Physics at Sorbonne University, France. His main research interest is in astrophysical plasmas.

Belmont, Gerard
Gérard Belmont is Emeritus Researcher at CNRS, France. His main research interest is in space plasmas and their different descriptions, kinetic and fluid, of non-collision plasmas.