Author: Burning Plasma Assessment Committee Plasma Scienc
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: earth, star, bringing, plasma, burning
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $47.00
ISBN-10: 0309090822
ISBN-13: 9780309090827

Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reached when we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasma experiment. A burning plasma in which at least 50 percent of the energy to drive the fusion reaction is generated internally is an essential step to reach the goal of fusion power generation. The Burning Plasma Assessment Committee was formed to provide advice on this decision. The committee concluded that there is high confidence in the readiness to proceed with the burning plasma step. The International Thermonuclear Experimental R

Author: Panel on Plasma Processing of MaterialsPlasma Sci
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: technological, challenges, opportunities, scientific, processing, materials, plasma
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $30.75
ISBN-10: 0309045975
ISBN-13: 9780309045971

Plasma processing of materials is a critical technology to several of the largest manufacturing industries in the world - electronics, aerospace, automotive, steel, biomedical, and toxic waste management. This book describes the relationship between plasma processes and the many industrial applications, examines in detail plasma processing in the electronics industry, highlights the scientific foundation underlying this technology, and discusses education issues in this multidisciplinary field. The committee recommends a coordinated, focused, and well-funded research program in this area that

Authors:Plasma 2010 Committee, Plasma Science Committee, Nat
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: interest, physics, national, knowledge, science, advancing, plasma
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2007-12-21
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0309109434
ISBN-13: 9780309109437

As part of its current physics decadal survey, Physics 2010, the NRC was asked by the DOE, NSF, and NASA to carry out an assessment of and outlook for the broad field of plasma science and engineering over the next several years. The study was to focus on progress in plasma research, identify the most compelling new scientific opportunities, evaluate prospects for broader application of plasmas, and offer guidance to realize these opportunities.The study paid particular attention to these last two points. This "demand-side" perspective provided a clear look at what plasma research can do to he

Authors:Ken Ostrikov, Shuyan Xu,
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: plasma, nanoassembly, sources, nanofabrication, aided
Number of Pages: 315
Published: 2007-09-17
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 3527406336
ISBN-13: 9783527406333

In this single work to cover the use of plasma as nanofabrication tool in sufficient depth internationally renowned authors with much experience in this important method of nanofabrication look at reactive plasma as a nanofabrication tool, plasma production and development of plasma sources, as well as such applications as carbon-based nanostructures, low-dimensional quantum confinement structures and hydroxyapatite bioceramics. Written principally for solid state physicists and chemists, materials scientists, and plasma physicists, the book concludes with the outlook for such applications.

Author: A.B Mikhailovskii
Publisher: Taylor & Franci
Keywords: plasma, physics, series, instabilities, confined
Number of Pages: 462
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $309.95
ISBN-10: 0750305320
ISBN-13: 9780750305327

Instabilities in a Confined Plasma is entirely devoted to a theoretical exposition of the subject of plasma instabilities in confined systems. The book is an important contribution to the study of plasma instabilities, not only in fusion devices such as the Tokamak but also in astrophysical phenomena. It covers toroidal confinement systems, internal MHD modes, small-scale MHD instabilities, MHD internal kink modes, MHD modes in collisionless and neoclassical regimes, drift-MHD modes, external kink modes, and Alfven eigenmodes.

Author: Donald Gary Swanson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: plasma, physics, waves, series
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2003-03-12
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 075030927X
ISBN-13: 9780750309271

Extended and revised, Plasma Waves, 2nd Edition provides essential information on basic formulas and categorizes the various possible types of waves and their interactions. The book includes modern and complete treatments of electron cyclotron emission, collisions, relativistic effects, Landau damping, quasilinear and nonlinear wave theory, and tunneling equations. The broad scope encompasses waves in cold, warm, and hot plasmas and relativistic plasma waves. Special chapters deal with the effects of boundaries, inhomogeneities, and nonlinear effects. The author derives all formulae and descr

Author: H.-J. Kunze
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: plasma, optical, physics, atomic, springer, spectroscopy, introduction, series
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3642022324
ISBN-13: 9783642022326

Although based on lectures given for graduate students and postgraduates starting in plasma physics, this concise introduction to the fundamental processes and tools is as well directed at established researchers who are newcomers to spectroscopy and seek quick access to the diagnostics of plasmas ranging from low- to high-density technical systems at low temperatures, as well as from low- to high-density hot plasmas. Basic ideas and fundamental concepts are introduced as well as typical instrumentation from the X-ray to the infrared spectral regions. Examples, techniques and methods illustrat