Plasma Physics (eBook)

Volume 4 of Modern Classical Physics

Roger D. Blandford, Kip S. Thorne (Autoren)

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2021
304 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21553-2 (ISBN)

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A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century plasma physics and its applicationsKip Thorne and Roger Blandford's monumental Modern Classical Physics is now available in five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on statistical physics; optics; elasticity and fluid dynamics; plasma physics; and relativity and cosmology. Each volume teaches the fundamental concepts, emphasizes modern, real-world applications, and gives students a physical and intuitive understanding of the subject.Plasma Physics provides an essential introduction to the subject. A gas that is significantly ionized, usually by heating or photons, a plasma is composed of electrons and ions and sometimes has an embedded or confining magnetic field. Plasmas play a major role in many contemporary applications, phenomena, and fields, including attempts to achieve controlled thermonuclear fusion using magnetic or inertial confinement; in explanations of radio wave propagation in the ionosphere and the behavior of the solar corona and wind; and in astrophysics, where plasmas are responsible for emission throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, including from black holes, highly magnetized neutron stars, and ultrarelativistic outflows. The book also can serve as supplementary reading for many other courses, including in astrophysics, geophysics, and controlled fusion.Includes many exercise problemsFeatures color figures, suggestions for further reading, extensive cross-references, and a detailed indexOptional "e;Track 2"e; sections make this an ideal book for a one-quarter or one-semester courseAn online illustration package is available to professorsThe five volumes, which are available individually as paperbacks and ebooks, are Statistical Physics; Optics; Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics; Plasma Physics; and Relativity and Cosmology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 53 color + 1 b/w illus. 2 table.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Action (physics) • Adiabatic invariant • Amplitude • angular frequency • Approximation • Bellan • Bhattacharjee • Bose–Einstein statistics • Boson • bosonic • circular polarization • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • cold • Collision frequency • conservation law • Cosmic Ray • Coulomb barrier • Coulomb collision • Coulomb scattering • coupling • Course Book • Creation and annihilation operators • Current density • cyclotron • Debye length • Debye shielding • density of states • dispersion relation • Dissipation • Distribution Function • doctorate • Dynamics • eikonal approximation • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • Electromagnetic radiation • Electron degeneracy pressure • Electron density • Energy Density • Equations of motion • Faraday effect • Fermat's Principle • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermion • Fokker–Planck equation • Fusion power • geometrical optics • Gravitational Wave • Graviton • Group velocity • Gurnett • instability • Interstellar Medium • Ion acoustic wave • Ionization • Ionosphere • kinetic theory of gases • Kink instability • Landau Damping • Langmuir • lifshitz • Magnetic Energy • Magnetic field • magnetic fields • Magnetic mirror point • Magnetic Reynolds number • Magnetohydrodynamics • magnetosonic • Magnetosonic wave • Magnetosphere • magnetostatics • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics • mean free path • Nonlinear • nonlinear system • number density • Nyquist’s method • particle beam • Penning Trap • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Phase velocity • Photon • physical kinetics • physicist • physics PhD texts • Pitaevskii • Pitch angle (particle motion) • Planck constant • Planetary Science • plane wave • Plasma oscillation • Plasma (physics) • Plasmon • plasmons • primary textbook • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Radiation pressure • raman scattering • Reference book • Refractive index • Relativistic Plasma • resonance • Rutherford scattering • scattering • Second • Shock Wave • Soliton • supplemental textbook • taught at Caltech • Teaching Physics • Temperature • Thermonuclear fusion • Tokamak • Two-stream instability • undergrad • virial theorem • Vlasov Equation • Vorticity • warm • Wave • wave equation • Wavelength • wavenumber • Wave Packet • Waves • Wave vector • Z-pinch
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21553-7 / 0691215537
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21553-2 / 9780691215532