Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves
Homogeneous Plasmas
Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics; 96;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 February 1998
- ISBN 9780198559566
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages654 pages
- Size 242x163x40 mm
- Weight 1084 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line figures 0
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Short description:
The book deals with the propagation and absorption of high frequency waves in plasmas (hot fully ionized gases), a subject on which work is very active in controlled fusion research (the quest for energy from nuclear reactions similar to those going on within the sun) and in astrophysics. The subject is by its nature a multi-disciplinary application (and a very rich and interesting one) of classical physics. The book could therefore be useful as a source for courses on electromagnetism or classical kinetic theory at a medium to advanced level.
MoreLong description:
The book deals with the propagation and absorption of high frequency waves in plasmas (hot, fully ionized gases). Research in this field is very active in controlled fusion research, i.e. the quest for energy from nuclear reactions similar to those going on within the sun, and in astrophysics, i.e. the study of space plasmas in the earth ionosphere, stars, and galaxies. The text collects in a structured and self-contained way the basic knowledge on the broad and varied behaviour of plasma waves, adopting the microscopic kinetic description of the plasma as unifying principle. The internal coherence of the theory is explicity stressed, and very interesting physical phenomena peculiar to plasmas, such as collisionless damping of waves, the development of stochasticity in the interactions of charged particles with electromagnetic waves, and nonlinear interactions between waves, are discussed in detail. The most common and useful approximations used in solving practical problems are derived as special cases from the more general kinetic approach, thereby clarifying their meaning and domain of applicability. This exposition should be useful to plasma physicists both as an introduction and a reference to this field of research. Because of its multi-disciplinary aspects it might also be of interest to people specializing in kinetic theory, classical electromagnetism, or classical mechanics, as a nontrivial example of application of the methods of these fields to the unconventional plasma medium.
This well organised text on hot plasma theory is written for fusion physicists researching high frequency heating and current drive.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Index
Introduction
Plasma Electrodynamics
Elementary plasma kinetic theory
The hot plasma dielectric tensor
Waves in cold plasma
Waves in hot plasma
The electrostatic and fluid approximations
Linear wave-particle interactions
Collisionless stochacity
Quasilinear theory and current drive
Nonlinear effects associated with H.F. Heating
