Quantum Statistics of Dense Gases and Nonideal Plasmas

• Main Authors: Ebeling, Werner (Author), Fortov, Vladimir E. (Author), Filinov, Vladimir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Quantum physics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.; Plasma Physics.; Complex Systems.; Quantum Physics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

The aim of this book is the pedagogical exploration of the basic principles of quantum-statistical thermodynamics as applied to various states of matter – ranging from rare gases to astrophysical matter with high-energy density. The reader will learn in this work that thermodynamics and quantum stat...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Physics of Dense Gases, Nonideal Plasmas, and High-Energy Density Matter.- Strong Correlations and Equation of State of Dense Gases.- Coulomb Systems - Screening and Ionization Problems
• Coulombic Correlations and EOS of Nondegenerate, Nonideal Plasmas
• Plasma Bound States in Grand Canonical and Mixed Representations
• Equations of State for Strongly Coupled Partially Ionized Plasmas
• Kinetic Equations and Fluctuations in Nonideal Gases and Plasmas
• Hopping Kinetics, Quantum Dynamics and Transport
• Theoretical Approaches to Quantum Monte Carlo Methods
• Simulations of Gas-, Liquid- and Crystal-like States of Coulomb Systems
• Applications to Matter with High Energy Density
• Transport Properties of Quark-Gluon Plasma
• Index.