Introduction to Plasma Physics

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CRC Press, 2020 M07 14 - 510 páginas

Introduction to Plasma Physics is the standard text for an introductory lecture course on plasma physics. The text's six sections lead readers systematically and comprehensively through the fundamentals of modern plasma physics. Sections on single-particle motion, plasmas as fluids, and collisional processes in plasmas lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of the subject. The authors take care to place the material in its historical context for a rich understanding of the ideas presented. They also emphasize the importance of medical imaging in radiotherapy, providing a logical link to more advanced works in the area. The text includes problems, tables, and illustrations as well as a thorough index and a complete list of references.

 

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Introduction to plasmas
xvii
14 Electron current flow in a vacuum tube
1
15 The are discharge
5
16 Thermal distribution of velocities in a plasma
7
17 Debye shielding
11
18 Material probes in a plasma
14
SINGLEPARTICLE MOTION
17
Particle drifts in uniform fields
19
142 Slowingdown of beam ions due to collisions with electrons
228
143 Slowingdown of beam ions due to collisions with background ions
233
144 Critical beamion energy
236
145 The FokkerPlanck equation for energetic ions
237
146 Pitchangle scattering of beam ions
241
147 Twocomponent fusion reactions
243
WAVES IN A FLUID PLASMA
245
Basic concepts of smallamplitude waves in anisotropic dispersive media
247

E x B drift
22
23 Gravitational drift
25
Particle drifts in nonuniform magnetic fields
27
32 Curvature drift
31
33 Static B field conservation of magnetic moment at zeroth order
34
34 Magneric mirrors
37
35 Energu and magneticmoment conservation to first order for static fields
39
general case
43
Particle drifts in timedependent fields
47
42 Adiabatic compression
49
43 Timevarying E field
50
44 Adiabatic invariants
55
J conservation
56
46 Proof of J conservation in timeindependent fields
59
Mappings
67
52 Experimenting with mappings
68
53 Scaling in maps
70
54 Hamiltonian maps and area preservation
71
55 Particle trajectories
74
56 Resonances and islands
76
57 Onset of stochasticity
77
PLASMAS AS FLUIDS
81
Fluid equations for a plasma
83
63 Equations of state
89
64 Twofluid equations
91
65 Plasma resistivity
92
Relation between fluid equations and guidingcenter drifts
95
72 Fluid drifts and guidingcenter drifts
99
73 Anisotropicpressure case
101
74 Diamagnetic drift in nonuniform B fields
103
75 Polarization current in the fluid model
108
76 Parallel pressure balance
109
Singlefluid magnetohydrodynamics
113
82 The quasineutrality approximation
116
83 The small Larmor radius approximation
118
84 The approximation of infinite conductivity
119
85 Conservation of magnetic flux
122
86 Conservation of energy
123
87 Magnetic Reynolds number
125
Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium
127
the concept of beta
129
93 The cylindrical pinch
130
the cylindrical tokamak
132
mirror equilibria
134
96 Resistive dissipation in plasma equilibria
137
COLLISIONAL PROCESSES IN PLASMAS
143
Fully and partially ionized plasmas
145
102 Collision cross sections meanfree paths and collision frequencies
147
Coronal equilibrium
149
104 Penetrstion of neutrals into plasmas
153
quantitative treatment
156
106 Radiation
159
relative importance
161
Collisions in fully ionized plasmas
163
112 Electron and ion collision frequencies
169
113 Plasma resistivity
172
114 Energy transfer
175
115 Bremsstrahlung
178
Diffusion in plasmas
183
122 Probability theory for the random walk
184
123 The diffusion equation
185
124 Diffusion in weakly ionized plasmas
190
125 Diffusion in fully ionized plasmas
194
126 Diffusion due to like and unlike chargedparticle collisions
198
127 Diffusion as stochastic motiom
204
128 Diffusion of energy heat conduction
213
The FokkerPlanck equation for Coulomb collisions
217
132 The FokkerPlanck equation for electronion collisions
220
133 The Lorentzgas approximation
222
134 Plasma resistivity in the Lorentzgas approximation
223
Collisions of fast ions in a plasma
227
152 Group velocities
250
153 Raytracing equations
252
Waves in an unmagnetized plasma
255
162 Ion sound waves
260
163 Highfrequency electromagnetic waves in an unmagbetized plasma
262
Highfrequency waves in a magnetized plasma
267
172 Highfrequency electromagnetic waves propagating parallel to the magnetic field
275
Lowfrequency waves in a magnetized plasma
283
182 The coldplasma dispersion relation
286
183 COLDWAVE
288
184 The shear Alfvén wave
289
185 The magnetosonic wave
297
186 Lowfrequency Alfvén waves finite T arbitary angle of propagation
299
187 Slow waves and fasr waves
304
INSTABILITIES IN A FLUID PLASMA
307
The RayleighTaylor and flute instabilities
309
192 Role of incompressibility in the RayleighTaylor instability
316
193 Physical mechanisms of the RayleighTaylor instability
319
194 Flute instability due to field curvature
321
195 Flute instability in magnetic mirrors
322
196 Flute instability in closed field line configurations
327
197 Flute instability of the pinch
332
The resistive tearing instability
335
201 The plasma current slab
336
202 Ideal MHD stability of the current slab
339
the tearing instability
343
204 The resistive layer
347
205 The outer MHD regions
352
206 Magnetic islands
355
Drift waves and instabilities
361
212 The perturbed equation of motion in the incompressible case
364
213 The perturbed generalized Ohms law
368
214 The dispersion relation for drift waves
372
215 Electrostatic drift waves
377
KINETIC THEORY OF PLASMAS
383
The Vlasov equation
385
222 The particle distribution function
387
223 The BoltzmannVlasov equation
390
224 The VlasovMaxwell equations
392
Kinetic effects on plasma waves Vlasovs treatment
395
231 The linearized Vlasov equation
396
232 Vlasovs solution
397
233 Thermal effects on electron plasma waves
399
234 The twostream instability
400
235 Ion acoustic waves
403
236 Inadequacies in Vlasovs treatment of thermal effects on plasma waves
405
Kinetic effects on plasma waves Landaus treatment
407
242 Landus solution
409
243 Physical meaning of landau damping
418
244 The Nyquist diagram
419
ion Landau damping
423
Velocityspace instabilities and nonlinear theory
427
252 Quasilinear theory of unstable electron plasma waves
429
253 Momentum and energy conservation in quasilinear theory
438
254 Electron trapping in a single wave
440
255 Ion acoustic wave instabilities
444
The driftkinetic equation and kinetic drift waves
447
261 The lowβ plane plasma slab
448
262 Derivation of the driftkinetic equation
449
263 Collisionless drift waves
452
264 Effect of an electron temperature gradient
460
265 Effect of an electron Current
463
266 The ion temperature gradient instability
466
Physical quantities and their SI units
475
Equations in the SI system
476
Physical constants
477
Useful vector formulae
478
Differential operators in cartesian and curvilinear coordinates
480
Suggestions for further reading
483
Index
485
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R. J. Goldston and P. H. Rutherford both of the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University.

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TítuloIntroduction to Plasma Physics
AutorR.J Goldston
EditorCRC Press, 2020
ISBN1439822077, 9781439822074
Largo510 páginas
  
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