Inan, Umran S.

Principles of plasma physics for engineers and scientists/ Umran Inan and Marek GoĊ‚kowski. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Single particle motion; 3. Kinetic theory of plasmas; 4. Moments of the Boltzmann equation; 5. Multiple fluid theory of plasmas; 6. Single fluid theory of plasmas: magnetohydrodynamics; 7. Collisions and plasma conductivity; 8. Plasma diffusion; 9. Introduction to waves in plasmas; 10. Waves in cold magnetized plasmas; 11. Effects of collisions, ions and finite temperature on waves in magnetized plasmas; 12. Waves in hot plasmas; 13. Plasma sheath and the Langmuir probe; Appendix A. Derivation of second moment of the Boltzmann equation; Appendix B. Useful vector identities.

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Plasma (Ionized gases)
SCIENCE / Electromagnetism

530.44 / INA/P