Mathematical Models and Methods for Plasma Physics, Volume 1 Fluid Models /

• Main Author: Sentis, Rémi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
• Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Plasma Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Partial Differential Equations.

This monograph is dedicated to the derivation and analysis of fluid models occurring in plasma physics. It focuses on models involving quasi-neutrality approximation, problems related to laser propagation in a plasma, and coupling plasma waves and electromagnetic waves. Applied mathematicians will f...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction. Some Plasma characteristic quantities
• Chapter 2. Quasi-neutrality. Magneto-hydrodynamics
• Chapter 3. Laser propagation. Coupling with ion acoustic waves
• Chapter 4. Langmuir waves and Zakharov equations
• Chapter 5. Coupling electron waves and laser waves
• Chapter 6. Models with several species
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index.