"Plasma physics is a necessary part of our understanding of stellar and galactic structure; it determines the magnetospheric environment of the earth and other planets; it forms the research frontier in such areas as nuclear fusion, advanced accelerators, and high frequency lase…
1. Controlled thermonuclear fusion. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Ignition conditions. 1.3. Tokamaks. 1.4. Tokamak operating limits -- 2. Electron waves. 2.1. Maxwell equations. 2.2. Homogeneous plasmas. 2.3. Plane waves in cold homogeneous plasmas. 2.4. Wave polarization. 2.5. Wave p…
The science of magnetically confined plasmas covers the entire spectrum of physics from classical and relativistic electrodynamics to quantum mechanics. During the last sixty years of research, our initial primitive understanding of plasma physics has made impressive progress th…
This book presents recent advances in the physics of magnetic reconnection, investigated via both in situ spacecraft observations and fully kinetic numerical simulations. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasma physics during which the topological reconfiguratio…
This book presents recent advances in the physics of magnetic reconnection, investigated via both in situ spacecraft observations and fully kinetic numerical simulations. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasma physics during which the topological reconfiguratio…
This book presents recent advances in the physics of magnetic reconnection, investigated via both in situ spacecraft observations and fully kinetic numerical simulations. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasma physics during which the topological reconfiguratio…
Transport phenomena in plasmas are the relatively slow processes of particle momentum and energy transport systems in a state of mechanical equilibrium. In contrast to neutral gases, these phenomena in plasmas are greatly influenced by self-consistent fields, in particular elect…
Subjects in this volume include: transport equations; sheath structure and effective boundary conditions for plasma equations; transport processes in the absence of magnetic field; one-dimensional diffusion in a magnetized plasma; and diffusion of unbounded plasma in magnetic fi…
Subjects in this volume include: transport equations; sheath structure and effective boundary conditions for plasma equations; transport processes in the absence of magnetic field; one-dimensional diffusion in a magnetized plasma; and diffusion of unbounded plasma in magnetic fi…
