Plasma Physics An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas /

• Main Author: Piel, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Plasma Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Low Temperature Physics.

The enlarged new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic processes in plasmas and demonstrates that the same fundamental concepts describe cold gas-discharge plasmas, space plasmas, and hot fusion plasmas. Starting from particle drifts in magnetic fields, the prin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Definition of the Plasma State
• Single Particle Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields
• Stochastic Processes in a Plasma.-Fluid Models
• Plasma Waves
• Plasma Boundaries
• Instabilities
• Kinetic Description of Plasmas
• Dusty Plasmas
• Plasma Generation
• Glossary
• Appendices
• Solutions.