Plasma Theory An Advanced Guide for Graduate Students

This textbook, based on the author’s classroom-tested lecture course, helps graduate students master the advanced plasma theory needed to unlock results at the forefront of current research. It is structured around a two semester course, beginning with kinetic theory and transport processes, while t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rozhansky, Vladimir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Plasma Kinetics
  • Chapter 2. Transport equations
  • Chapter 3. Quasineutral plasma and sheath structure
  • Chapter 4. Diffusion in partially ionized unmagnetized plasma
  • Chapter 5. Diffusion of partially ionized magnetized plasma
  • Chapter 6. Partially ionized plasma with current
  • Chapter 7. Transport in strongly ionized plasma across a magnetic field
  • Chapter 8. Drift waves and turbulent transport
  • Chapter 9. Dynamics of fully ionized plasma in the absence of a magnetic field
  • Chapter 10. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
  • Chapter 11. Dynamics of plasma blobs and jets in a magnetic field
  • Chapter 12. Plasma equilibrium
  • Chapter 13. Transport phenomena in tokamaks
  • Chapter 14. Instabilities in magnetized plasma
  • Chapter 15. Magnetic islands and stochastic magnetic field
  • Chapter 16. Improved confinement regime (H-mode)