Introduction to Complex Plasmas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bonitz, Michael (Editor), Horing, Norman (Editor), Ludwig, Patrick (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 59
• Subjects: Physics.; Electrochemistry.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Engineering.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Engineering, general.; Plasma Physics.

Complex plasmas differ from traditional plasmas in many ways: these are low-temperature high pressure systems containing nanometer to micrometer size particles which may be highly charged and strongly interacting. The particles may be chemically reacting or be in contact with solid surfaces, and the...