Donald A. Gurnett (University of Iowa), Amitava Bhattacharjee (New Jersey Princeton University)

Introduction to Plasma Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing the principles of plasma physics and their applications to space, laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, this new edition has been thoroughly updated with step-by-step derivations and self-contained introductions to mathematical methods. It is ideal as an advanced undergraduate to graduate-level textbook, or as a reference text for researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1092g
• ISBN-13: 9781107027374
• ISBN-10: 1107027373
• Artikelnr.: 45330453

Autorenporträt

Donald A. Gurnett is a pioneer in the study of waves in space plasmas, and has been active in teaching plasma physics and conducting experimental space physics research for over fifty years. He is currently the James A. Van Allen/R. J. Carver Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa and has received numerous awards for both his teaching and research. In 1994 he received the Iowa Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, and in 1998 was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Characteristic parameters of a plasma
3. Single particle motions
4. Waves in a cold plasma
5. Kinetic theory and the moment equations
6. Magnetohydrodynamics
7. MHD equilibria and stability
8. Discontinuities and shock waves
9. Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma
10. Waves in a hot magnetized plasma
11. Nonlinear effects
12. Collisional processes
Appendix A. Symbols
Appendix B. Useful trigonometric identities
Appendix C. Vector differential operators
Appendix D. Vector calculus identities
Index.