An introduction to plasma physics and its space applications. Volume 1, Fundamentals and elementary processes /

The growing number of scientific and technological applications of plasma physics in the field of aerospace engineering requires graduate students and professionals to understand their principles. This book is intended as a reading guide that is accessible to students and non-specialists. It covers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conde, Luis (Ph. D. in physics) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Space plasmas.
Aerospace engineering.
Plasma physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Plasmas in space and in the laboratory
  • 1.1. Plasmas in nature and in the laboratory
  • 1.2. Solar plasmas
  • 1.3. The Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere
  • 1.4. Plasma physics and space technology
  • 1.5. Commentaries and further reading
  • 2. Ionized gases and plasmas
  • 2.1. Collisions and elementary processes
  • 2.2. Collision length and time scales
  • 2.3. The plasma state of condensed matter
  • 2.4. Additional considerations
  • 2.5. Commentaries and further reading
  • 3. Basic kinetic theory of neutral gases
  • 3.1. The probabilistic description of gases
  • 3.2. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  • 3.3. Averaging over distributions
  • 3.4. Rate constant and collision frequencies
  • 3.5. The neutral gas in a force field
  • 3.6. Equipartition of energy
  • 3.7. Commentaries and further reading
  • 4. The ideal plasma parameters
  • 4.1. The ideal Maxwellian plasma
  • 4.2. Elementary processes and steady equilibrium states
  • 4.3. Energy thermalization
  • 4.4. Electric field shielding
  • 4.5. The plasma parameters
  • 4.6. Commentaries and further reading
  • 5. Particle collisions in plasmas
  • 5.1. The differential cross section
  • 5.2. The effect of velocity distributions
  • 5.3. Elastic collisions in plasmas
  • 5.4. The momentum transfer cross section
  • 5.5. Electric potential screening
  • 5.6. Commentaries and further reading
  • 6. The elementary plasma processes
  • 6.1. The elastic collisions of electrons
  • 6.2. The inelastic collisions of electrons
  • 6.3. The collisions of ions and molecules
  • 6.4. Interaction of charges with solid surfaces
  • 6.5. Commentaries and further reading.

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