The Kinetic Theory of a Dilute Ionized Plasma

• Main Authors: García-Colín, Leopoldo S. (Author), Dagdug, Leonardo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 53
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Astrophysics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Plasma Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

This book results from recent studies aimed at answering questions raised by astrophycists who use values of transport coefficients that are old and often unsatisfactory. The few books dealing with the rigorous kinetic theory of a ionized plasma are based on the so called Landau (Fokker-Planck) equa...