Basic Principles Of Plasma Physics: A Statistical Approach / Edition 1

by Setsuo Ichimaru

Overview

The book describes a statistical approach to the basics of plasma physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805387537
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	01/22/1973
Series:	Frontiers in Physics Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Kinetic Equations , Plasmas as Dielectric Media , Longitudinal Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transverse Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transient Processes , Instabilities in Homogeneous Plasmas , Instabilities in Inhomogeneous Plasmas , Fluctuations , Relaxation Processes , Plasma Turbulence , Structure of Kinetic Equations , Derivation of the Balescu-Lenard Collision Term , Analytic Properties of the Dielectric Response Function , Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem , Scattering Cross Section of a Many-Particle System in the Born Approximation