Plasma physics

The pursuit of nuclear fusion as an energy source requires a broad knowledge of several disciplines.

Magnetism in binary stars is an area of central importance in stellar astrophysics.

This book describes and contextualises collisionless plasma theory, and in particular collisionless plasma equilibria.

Combining incisive experiments with the latest theoretical advances, this book presents an extensive study of transfer-triggered breakup, the dominant process by which breakup occurs in reactions involving light, weakly bound nuclei.

This PhD thesis characterises the damage that occurs in tungsten when it is exposed to a fusion-like environment.

This book presents experimental and theoretical results on extremely powerful plasma generators.

This book highlights selected topics of standard and modern theory of accretion onto black holes and magnetized neutron stars.

This didactic book uses a data-driven approach to connect measurements made by plasma instruments to the real world.

This book provides an overview of the recent experimental and theoretical results on interactions of heavy ions with gaseous, solid and plasma targets from the perspective of atomic physics.

This text focuses on conservation laws in magnetohydrodynamics, gasdynamics and hydrodynamics.

This book presents an in-depth treatment of various mathematical aspects of electromagnetism and Maxwell's equations: from modeling issues to well-posedness results and the coupled models of plasma physics (Vlasov-Maxwell and Vlasov-Poisson systems) and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).

This book shows how to prepare titania rich slag from metallized ilmenite using thermal plasma processing.

The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres.

The aim of this book is the pedagogical exploration of the basic principles of quantum-statistical thermodynamics as applied to various states of matter - ranging from rare gases to astrophysical matter with high-energy density.

This thesis addresses two very different but equally important topics in the very broad fields of astrophysics and cosmology: (I) the generation of cosmological magnetic fields and (II) gravitational fragmentation of the Cosmic Web.

This thesis makes two important contributions to plasma physics.

The enlarged new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic processes in plasmas and demonstrates that the same fundamental concepts describe cold gas-discharge plasmas, space plasmas, and hot fusion plasmas.

This volume is a collection of contributions by world-leading experts in the nuclear field who participated in the educational activities of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO).

This thesis addresses two very different but equally important topics in the very broad fields of astrophysics and cosmology: (I) the generation of cosmological magnetic fields and (II) gravitational fragmentation of the Cosmic Web.

This book covers the principles and practices behind the Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF) approach to driven new source of energy.

This book takes a holistic approach to plasma physics and controlled fusion via Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) techniques, establishing a new standard for clean nuclear power generation.

This concise primer introduces the non-specialist reader to the physics of solar energetic particles (SEP) and systematically reviews the evidence for the two main mechanisms which lead to the so-called impulsive and gradual SEP events.

This thesis describes pioneering research on the extension of plasmonics schemes to the regime of high-intensity lasers.

This book offers the reader an overview of the basic approaches to the theoretical description of low-temperature plasmas, covering numerical methods, mathematical models and modeling techniques.

This book provides an overview of solar wind turbulence from both the theoretical and observational perspective.

This book focuses on the effect of plasma nitriding on the properties of steels.

This book offers a detailed examination of the latest work on the potential of polarized fuel to realize the vision of energy production by nuclear fusion.

This book is a complete treatment of work done to resolve the problems of position-, current-, and shape-control of plasma in tokamak-type (toroidal) devices being studied as a potential means of commercial energy production by nuclear fusion.

This book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recentdevelopments in collisional-radiative (CR) modeling of laboratory andastrophysical plasmas.

This book provides an overview of recent research highlights in the main areas of application of magnetic reconnection (MR), including planetary, solar and magnetospheric physics and astrophysics.

This book presents quantum kinetic theory in a comprehensive way.

This book is focused on the nonlinear theoretical and mathematical problems associated with ultrafast intense laser pulse propagation in gases and in particular, in air.

This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research.

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures.

This book reviews recent progress in our understanding of tokamak physics related to steady state operation, and addresses the scientific feasibility of a steady state tokamak fusion power system.

This book deals with solving mathematically the unsteady flame propagation equations.

This book makes good background reading for much of modern magnetospheric physics.

This book is devoted to the calculation of hot-plasma properties which generally requires a huge number of atomic data.

This book introduces the basic concepts, synthesis techniques, and applications of vertically-oriented graphene.

The book provides an introduction to both theoretical and experimental results on chirality and wobbling in atomic nuclei.

This book presents the theory of gas discharge plasmas in a didactical way.

This book reviews the phenomenology displayed by relativistic jets as well as the most recent theoretical efforts to understand the physical mechanisms at their origin.

This is a comprehensive textbook designed forgraduate and advanced undergraduate students.

This book covers the history of lasers with nuclear pumping (Nuclear Pumped Lasers, NPLs).

This course-tested textbook conveys the fundamentals of magnetic fields and relativistic plasma in diffuse cosmic media, with a primary focus on phenomena that have been observed at different wavelengths.

A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via the reflection of a counter-propagating laser pulse.

This Brief describes the influence of the different organic chelating agents on the topography, physical properties and phases of SPPS-deposited spinel ferrite splats.

The thesis represents the development of an entirely new experimental platform for generating and studying converging radiative shock waves.

This book provides the reader with an introduction to the physics of complex plasmas, a discussion of the specific scientific and technical challenges they present and an overview of their potential technological applications.

Cold atmospheric plasma is an auspicious new candidate in cancer treatment.