Plasma physics

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a promising and rapidly emerging technology for a wide range of applications, from daily life to industry.

In addition to introducing the basics of plasma physics, Nonthermal Plasma Chemistry and Physics is a comprehensive presentation of recent developments in the rapidly growing field of nonthermal plasma chemistry.

Statistical Mechanics: Fundamentals and Model Solutions, Second EditionFully updated throughout and with new chapters on the Mayer expansion for classical gases and on cluster expansion for lattice models, this new edition of Statistical Mechanics: Fundamentals and Model Solutions provides a comprehensive introduction to equilibrium statistical mechanics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics and physics.

This book derives the mathematical basis for the most-encountered waves in fluids in science and engineering.

Following on from Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook is for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

There is a wide variety of heterogeneous fluid systems that possess interphase surfaces.

The theory of waves is generalized on cases when waves change medium in which they appear and propagate.

Presents a comprehensive review of physical processes in astrophysical plasmas.

Complex plasmas are dusty plasmas in which the density and electric charges of the dust grains are sufficiently high to induce long-range grain-grain interactions, as well as strong absorption of charged-plasma components.

This new edition of Classical Mechanics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics describes the motions of rigid bodies and shows how classical mechanics has important applications to geophysics, as in the precessions of the earth, oceanic tides, and the retreat of the moon from the earth owing to the tidal friction.

This valuable new book focuses on new methods and techniques in fluid mechanics and heat transfer in mechanical engineering.

Nuclear physics is presently experiencing a thrust towards fundamental phy- sics questions.

Encompasses the Lectured Works of a Renowned Expert in the FieldPlasma Physics: An Introduction is based on a series of university course lectures by a leading name in the field, and thoroughly covers the physics of the fourth state of matter.

This thesis deals with an optimization problem from the field of theoretical plasma physics.

This book highlights recent advances in nonlinear dynamics and control with applications in mechanics and physics.

This authoritative text offers a complete overview on the statistical mechanics and electrodynamics of physical processes in dense plasma systems.

This reference book concentrates on microstructuring surfaces of optical materials with directed fluxes of off-electrode plasma generated by high-voltage gas discharge and developing methods and equipment related to this technique.

This volume provides a broad overview in the increasingly important field of laser-plasma interactions.

More than 850 individuals partly forgotten by name, but sometimes found in historical writings, together with many well known or recently deceased persons are presented in terms of bio-data, short career highlights, and main advances made to the profession with a short biography of the main writings.

An advanced textbook on AFD introducing astrophysics students to the necessary fluid dynamics, first published in 2007.

Advanced Chromatic Monitoring provides a major source of information about the novel approach of chromaticity with examples of how chromaticity may be deployed for various monitoring applications.

This book, the 14th of 15 related monographs on Cubic Dynamical Systems, discusses crossing and product cubic systems with a self-linear and crossing-quadratic product vector field.

This book will explore the fundamentals of spacecraft charging: why it occurs, when it occurs, where it occurs, how to measure it, and its side effects.

An outgrowth of a workshop held by the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CESRA), this volume collects reviews on current research and perspectives on the variable solar corona: high-energy particles, large-scale disturbances such as mass ejections and waves, and radio diagnostics of the coronal plasma.

Turbulence in plasma surface interaction holds crucial uncertainties for its impact on material erosion in the operation of fusion reactors.

Written by a leading expert in the field, the paperback edition of Industrial Plasma Engineering, Volume 2: Applications to Nonthermal Plasma Processing provides a background in the principles and applications of low temperature, partially ionized Lorentzian plasmas that are used industrially.

This volume describes the application of the method of the differential specific forces (MDSF).

This is presently the best available source on design andoptimization of particle factories using e e - circularaccelerators at the same time givingthe physical backgroundfor their construction.

This book provides an excellent introduction to the fundamental physics of plasmas, which comprise most of the matter in the universe.

Currently, the most widely used treatment of waste is thermal processing, such as incineration.

Assuming no prior knowledge of plasma physics or numerical methods, Computational Methods in Plasma Physics covers the computational mathematics and techniques needed to simulate magnetically confined plasmas in modern magnetic fusion experiments and future magnetic fusion reactors.

"e;New Trends in Nuclear Collective Dynamics"e; emphasizesresearch toward understanding collective and statisticalaspects of nuclear dynamics.

Divided into three main parts, the book guides the reader to an understanding of the basic concepts in this fascinating field of research.

Capillary Flows with Forming Interfaces explores numerous theoretical problems that arise in the mathematical description of capillary flows.

Frontiers in Fusion Research provides a systematic overview of the latest physical principles of fusion and plasma confinement.

This textbook provides a comprehensive review of Newtonian dynamics at a level suitable for undergraduate physics students.

With examples throughout, this step-by-step approach makes quantum theory of plasmons accessible to readers without specialized training in theory.

"e;Transport Processes in Space Physics and Astrophysics"e; is aimed at graduate level students to provide the necessary mathematical and physics background to understand the transport of gases, charged particle gases, energetic charged particles, turbulence, and radiation in an astrophysical and space physics context.

The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century.

Most physical phenomena exhibit spatiotemporal features interpreted as wave dynamics.

This book offers an overview of the fundamental dynamical processes, which are necessary to understand astrophysical phenomena, from the viewpoint of hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and radiation hydrodynamics.

Prof.

This thesis focuses on a cutting-edge area of research, which is aligned with CERN's mainstream research, the "e;AWAKE"e; project, dedicated to proving the capability of accelerating particles to the energy frontier by the high energy proton beam.

The interaction of high-power lasers with matter can generate Terahertz radiations that efficiently contribute to THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and also would replace X-rays in medical and security applications.

This book collects interrelated lectures on fractal dynamics, anomalous transport and various historical and modern aspects of plasma sciences and technology.

This book is about an audacious idea: asteroengineering-literally, the physical engineering of a star, especially the star we call our Sun.

This book introduces a new technology for environmental protection, namely plasma cleaning.

This thesis presents several important aspects of the plasma dynamics in extremely high intensity electromagnetic fields when quantum electrodynamics effects have to be taken into account.

Introduction to and modern account of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, with astrophysical applications.