Radu Balescu

Aspects of Anomalous Transport in Plasmas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anomalous transport is an ever-present phenomenon in astrophysical, geophysical, and laboratory plasmas, and it is a key topic in controlled nuclear fusion research. With the aim of unifying many theoretical models, this is the first book to systematically consider anomalous plasma transport theory. The author discusses a number of plasma instabilities that lead to anomalous transport, emphasizing those aspects attributable to turbulence. Coverage includes the microscopic theory of turbulence, stochastic transport, the method of decorrelation trajectories, and its application to electrostatic turbulence, magnetic turbulence, and zonal flow generation. The text also includes very recent work on nonlocal transport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 153mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9780750310307
• ISBN-10: 0750310308
• Artikelnr.: 21033071

Autorenporträt

Balescu, Radu

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Macroscopic Plasmadynamical Equations. Drift Waves.
Microscopic Equations for Plasma Fluctuations. Definition of Anomalous
Fluxes. Anomalous Fluxes and Correlations. Quasilinear Transport Theory.
Closure and Renormalization. The Coherent Direct Interaction Approximation.
Mode Coupling and Trajectory Correlation. Langevin Equations. Random Walks
and Transport. Relative Diffusion and Clumps. Diffusion in a Stochastic
Electrostatic Field. Diffusion in a Stochastic Magnetic Field. Drift Waves
and Zonal Flows. Nonlocal Transport. Appendices.