Author: Panel on the Physics of Plasmas and FluidsPhysics
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: series, 1990s, physics, fluids, plasmas
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1986-01-01
List price: $31.50
ISBN-10: 0309035481
ISBN-13: 9780309035484

Authors:T. J. M. Boyd, J. J. Sanderson,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: plasmas, physics
Number of Pages: 548
Published: 2003-02-03
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0521459125
ISBN-13: 9780521459129

The Physics of Plasmas provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, illustrating the basic theory with examples drawn from fusion, space and astrophysical plasmas. Various aspects of plasma physics are discussed, beginning with particle orbit theory, and including fluid equations, a variety of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models, wave equations and kinetic theory. The relationships between these distinct approaches are discussed. In this way, the reader gains a firm grounding in the fundamentals, leading to an understanding of some of the more specialized topics. Throughout the text, the

Author: D. B. Melrose
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: plasmas, laboratory, space, instabilities
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1989-04-28
List price: $53.00
ISBN-10: 0521379628
ISBN-13: 9780521379625

This introductory account of instabilities in plasmas concentrates on laboratory plasmas, such as those encountered in fusion research, and the space plasmas studied in physics of the magnetosphere and solar atmosphere. This account bridges the gap between a graduate textbook on plasma physics, and specialized similarities between astrophysical and laboratory plasmas that are traditionally regarded as quite separate. The author, an expert in plasma astrophysics who has written a two-volume book on the subject, treats the material naturally, lending a broader perspective to the subject. T

Author: S. V. Vladimirov
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Keywords: plasmas, complex, applications, physics
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2005-09-30
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 1860945724
ISBN-13: 9781860945724

At the frontiers of physics and chemistry lies the new and rapidly emerging area of complex plasma systems. The study of complex plasma systems that contain colloid nano/microscopic particles is now actively pursued in a diverse range of scientific fields — from plasma and gas discharge physics, to astrophysics, materials science and engineering. This book highlights, in a systematic, insightful, and perceptive way, the fundamental physics and industrial applications of complex plasmas, with emphasis on the conditions relevant to laboratory gas discharges and industrial plasma reactors. I

Author: Leslie Colin Woods
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: plasmas, physics
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2004-01-19
List price: $106.00
ISBN-10: 3527404619
ISBN-13: 9783527404612

A short, self-sufficient introduction to the physics of plasma for beginners as well as researchers in a number of fields. The author looks at the dynamics and stability of magnetoplasma and discusses wave and transport in this medium. He also looks at such applications as fusion research using magnetic confinement of Deuterium plasma, solar physics with its plasma loops reaching high into the corona, sunspots and solar wind, engineering applications to metallurgy, MHD direct generation of electricity, and railguns, finally touching on the relatively new and difficult subject of dusty plasmas.

Authors:W. Horton, Y. H. Ichikawa,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: plasmas, nonlinear, structures, chaos
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 1996-07
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 9810226365
ISBN-13: 9789810226367

This book develops the subject of nonlinear plasma physics from a general physics perspective. It begins with a description of nonlinear oscillations, the parametric instability, the pendulum, and the nonlinear island overlap criterion. The Kolomogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) theory is also analyzed. Laboratory visualizations of the KAM theory are presented for experiments in toroidal plasma confinement and rotating fluids. The subjects of transport in ExB flows and geostrophic flows are developed in parallel, stressing the generality of the Charney-Hasegawa-Mima equation. The dual nature of wave t

Author: Gerhard Franz
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: technology, microstructuring, plasmas, pressure, low
Number of Pages: 732
Published: 2009-04-28
List price: $229.00
ISBN-10: 3540858482
ISBN-13: 9783540858485

This monograph presents an up to date perspective of gas discharge physics and its applications to various industries. It starts from a comprehensive overview of the different types to generate plasmas by DC discharges, capacitive and inductive radiofrequency coupling, helicon waves including electron cyclotron resonance, and ion beams. To compare these theories with inert plasmas, a fundamental description of plasma diagnostics is presented on the basis of four prominent methods and extended to reactive plasmas.The second part extensively deals with the interaction of these plasmas with surfa