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Physics of Partially Ionized Plasmas

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Buch | Hardcover
276 Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-11739-6 (ISBN)
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This book presents a pedagogical account of the physics of partially ionized plasmas starting from first principles. It includes a set of unsolved problems at the cutting edge of research in the field, from the formulation to the application level.
Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially ionized plasmas. This book discusses different aspects of partially ionized plasmas including multi-fluid description, equilibrium and types of waves. The discussion goes on to cover the reionization phase of the universe, along with a brief description of high discharge plasmas, tokomak plasmas and laser plasmas. Various elastic and inelastic collisions amongst the three particle species are also presented. In addition, the author demonstrates the novelty of partially ionized plasmas using many examples; for instance, in partially ionized plasma the magnetic induction is subjected to the ambipolar diffusion and the Hall effect, as well as the usual resistive dissipation. Also included is an observation of kinematic dynamo in partially ionized plasmas.

Vinod Krishan received her PhD from the University of Tennessee. She was Senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, and held visiting positions at the Indian Institute of Science, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, the National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, the University of Tokyo and the Raman Research Institute, India. She has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience and has published more than 100 research papers in national and international journals. She has taught courses on plasma astrophysics, quantum mechanics and statistical physics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her major research interests have been in the areas of space and astrophysical plasmas.

Figures; Preface; 1. Partially ionized plasmas here and everywhere; 2. Multifluid description of partially ionized plasmas; 3. Equilibrium of partially ionized plasmas; 4. Waves in partially ionized plasmas; 5. Advanced topics in partially ionized plasmas; 6. Research problems in partially ionized plasmas; Supplementary matter; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 179 x 262 mm
Gewicht 630 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Plasmaphysik
ISBN-10 1-107-11739-9 / 1107117399
ISBN-13 978-1-107-11739-6 / 9781107117396
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