| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Frontiers in physics |
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Frontiers in physics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorâ#x80;#x99;s Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introductory Survey; 1.2 Simple Consequences of the Coulomb Interaction; A. Coulomb Cross Section for Momentum Transfer; B. Debye Screening; C. Plasma Oscillation; 1.3 Parameters Describing the Plasma; A. Discreteness Parameters and Fluid Limit; B. The Plasma Parameter; C. Coulomb Collisions; 1.4 Collective versus Individual-Particle Aspects of Density Fluctuations; References; Problems; Chapter 2: Kinetic Equations; 2.1 The Vlasov Equation |
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2.2 Pair Correlation Function and Collision Term2.3 Bogoliubovâ#x80;#x99;s Hierarchy of Characteristic Time Scales; 2.4 Dielectric Propagator; 2.5 Balescu-Lenard Collision Term; 2.6 Properties of the Balescu-Lenard Collision Term; References; Problems; Chapter 3: Plasmas as Dielectric Media; 3.1 Dielectric Tensor and the Dispersion Relation; A. Linearity, Translational Invariance, and Causality; B. Definition of the Dielectric Tensor; C. Dispersion Relation; D. Isotropic Medium; 3.2 The Dielectric Response Function; A. Test-Charge Problem; B. Density-Fluctuation Excitations |
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3.3 Kinetic-Theoretical Calculation of the Dielectric Tensor without Magnetic-FieldA. Vlasov-Maxwell Equations; B. Perturbations; C. The Dielectric Tensor; D. The Dielectric Response Function; 3.4 Kinetic-Theoretical Calculation of the Dielectric Tensor in a Uniform Magnetic Field; A. Integration along the Unperturbed Trajectory in the Phase Space; B. The Dielectric Tensor; C. The Dielectric Response Function; References; Problems; Chapter 4: Longitudinal Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 4.1 The Plasma Dispersion Function; 4.2 Plasma Oscillation and Landau Damping |
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A. Collective ModeB. Collective versus Individual-Particles Aspects; 4.3 Dynamic Screening; A. Debye Screening and Effective Mass Correction; B. Stopping Power; C. Cherenkov Emission of Plasma Waves; 4.4 Collective Modes in a Two-Component Plasma; A. Two-Temperature Plasma; B. The Dielectric Response Function; C. Electron Plasma Oscillation; D. The Ion Acoustic Wave; 4.5 Dielectric Response Function with External Magnetic Field; 4.6 Excitations in Plasmas with a Magnetic Field; A. Electron Plasma Oscillation; B. The Electron Bernstein Mode; C. Ion-Acoustic Wave; D. The Ion Bernstein Mode |
| Summary |
The book describes a statistical approach to the basics of plasma physics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 15, 2018) |
| Subject |
Plasma (Ionized gases)
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Statistical physics.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Plasma (Ionized gases)
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Statistical physics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429981746 |
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0429981740 |
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