Theory of Low-Temperature Plasma Physics

• Main Author: Nguyen-Kuok, Shi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 95
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Plasma Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This book offers the reader an overview of the basic approaches to the theoretical description of low-temperature plasmas, covering numerical methods, mathematical models and modeling techniques. The main methods of calculating the cross sections of plasma particle interaction and the solution of th...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• 1 Basic mathematical models of Low-temperature plasma
• 2 Classical calculation of particle interaction cross sections
• 3 The quantum-mechanical description of the particles scattering theory
• 4 Determination of the composition, thermodynamic properties and plasma transport coefficients on the basis of the model of particles mean free path
• 5 The solution of the kinetic Boltzmann equation and calculation of the transport coefficients of the plasma
• 6 Numerical methods of plasma physics
• 7 Simulation and calculation of paramete of RF-plasma torches
• 8 Simulation and calculation of parameters in Arc plasma torches
• 9 The calculation of the near-electrode processes in Arc plasma torches
• 10 Calculation of the heat transfer and movement of the solid particles in the plasma torches
• 11 Features of the experimental methods and automated diagnostic systems of RF and Arc plasma torches
• Appendix.