Donald Melrose

Quantum Plasmadynamics (eBook, PDF)

Unmagnetized Plasmas

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Produktbeschreibung

The field of quantum plasmas has a long and diverse tradition and is becoming of increasing current interest, motivated by applications to micro-electronics and to focused high-power lasers. In this book, plasma kinetic theory is developed in a covariant (4-tensor) notation, which facilitates generalizations to include all relativistic and electromagnetic effects. Relativistic quantum effects are included by using quantum electrodynamics (QED) to calculate the plasma response 4-tenors. The effects of the plasma are included in QED by replacing the photon propagator in vacuo by that in the medium, such that the poles of this propagator correspond to the natural wave modes of the medium.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387739038
• Artikelnr.: 43732512

Autorenporträt

Following completion of his doctoral thesis, in theoretical particle physics at Oxford University in 1965, Don Melrose changed his research interests to plasma astrophysics. After post-doctoral appointments in the UK and the USA he returned to Australia in 1969, to the Australian National University until he took up his current appointment as Professor of Physics (Theoretical) at the University of Sydney in 1979. He made important contributions to the theory of coherent emission processes in astrophysics: plasma emission in solar radio bursts, electron cyclotron maser emission and pulsar radio emission. His current interests include pulsars, quantum plasmas and solar flares.

Inhaltsangabe

Response 4-tensors.- Covariant theory of wave dispersion.- Particle and wave subsystems.- Dispersion in relativistic plasmas.- Classical plasmadynamics.- Quantum field theory.- QPD processes.- Responses of a quantum plasma.- Isotropic quantum plasmas.- Spin, MMR and neutrino plasma.

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Preface.
Chapter 1: Covariant Fluid Models for Magnetized Plasmas.
Chapter 2: Response Tensors for Magnetized Plasmas.
Chapter 3: Waves in Magnetized Plasmas.
Chapter 4: Gyromagnetic Processes.
Chapter 5: Magnetized Dirac Electron.
Chapter 6: Quantum Theory of Gyromagnetic Processes.
Chapter 7: Second Order Gyromagnetic Processes.
Chapter 8: Magnetized Vacuum.
Chapter 9: Response of Magnetized Electron Gas.
Appendix A: Special Functions.
Index.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The ten chapters and 464 pages book is one of Lecture Notes Series of Monographs on Physics and gives the best introduction to the quantum electrodynamics and the kinetic theory relativistic and non-relativistic charged particles. The author of the book is focusing on interactions between charged particles and the electromagnetic field. ... Materials of the most important part of the book are supported by illustrations. ... useful for advanced graduate students, scientists and all who are interesting on the plasma physics and the confinement systems." (M. J. Canfell, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1158, 2009)