Introduction to plasma dynamics. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A.I. Morozov, Alexey Morozov.
• Other Names: Morozov, Alexey
• Contents: Introduction ; What is plasma?; Region of rarefied non-relativistic plasma in the coordinates n, T ; History of plasma investigations; Features of plasma research; ; Fields, particles, blocks (point models) ; Electromagnetic fields; Movement of particles in electromagnetic fields; Block (‘zero-dimensional’) models of plasma systems; Elements of classic corpuscular optics (CCO); Dielectric permittivity and waves in homogeneous cold plasma; Block models of pulsed plasma systems (pulsed plasma guns and Z-pinches); Simplest models of static magnetic traps; ; One-fluid plasma models ; Special features of hydrodynamic models; Examples of Euler hydrodynamics problems; One-fluid magnetic hydrodynamics (MHD); MHD statics; Linear MHD waves in homogeneous plasma; Stationary plasma flows in the transverse magnetic field; Numerical modelling of MHD flows; ; Two-fluid hydrodynamic plasma models ; Equations of two-fluid hydrodynamics; Electron magnetic hydrodynamics. Generalised Ohm’s law; Hall structures; Static configurations in the two-fluid hydrodynamics; Linear waves in homogeneous plasma (two-fluid model); Dissipation-free axial-symmetric flows in the two-component hydrodynamics; Numerical and experimental studies of (quasi-) steady flows in coaxial systems with the intrinsic magnetic field; Dynamics of plasma flows in magnetic fields; ; Collisionless kinetic models of processes in plasma Vlasov-Maxwell equations ; Initial concepts; Vlasov-Maxwell equations; ‘Static’ kinetic configurations; Kinetics of waves in plasma at H 0 = 0; Oscillations of two-component plasma; Quasi-linear approximation; ; Kinetics of two-component plasma in classic collisions ; Introduction; Kinetics of colliding charged particles; Transfer equations in two-fluid hydrodynamics; Examples of collisional relaxation in Coulomb plasma; Effect of the thermal force on equilibrium and heat transfer in plasma configuration; Kinetics of departure of plasma particles from traps; Plasma optics (hybrid models); Boltzmann–Davydov kinetic equation for electrons in weakly ionised plasma; ; Plasma processes with transformation of particles and radiation ; Introduction; Velocity of transformation processes; Elementary radiation processes; Radiation transition equation (photon kinetics); Schemes for describing the dynamics of the particles of transforming plasma; Radiation value of the ion in the coronal model; Volume processes in stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) and their similarity laws; Shock waves with radiation; Flows of ionising plasma in the coaxial; Glow and arc discharges; Systems using separated excitation levels of particles; ; Interaction of plasma with the surface of solids ; Introduction; Processes on the surface of the solid ; Electron boundary layers; Examples of boundary processes with heavy particles taking part; Surface-determined discharges (using the stationary plasma thruster as the example; Examples of near electrode processes; Dusty plasma; ; Instabilities and self-organisation of plasma dynamic systems ; Examples of identical hydrodynamic and plasma instabilities; Examples of specific MHD perturbations of plasma systems; Modelling equations of ‘autonomous’ plasma structures (‘auto-structures’); Stochasticity of the processes in plasma; Active methods of stabilising plasma instabilities; ; Processes in cosmos and plasma dynamics ; Planetary vortices. Spiral nebulas; Magnetosphere of the Earth; The Sun; On the evolution of the stars of the main sequence; ; Examples of modern plasma technologies ; Plasma generators; Plasma in the home; Formation of structures on solids by plasma technology; Ion and plasma space propulsion engines; The problem of controlled thermonuclear fusion (CTF); From generators of multiply-charged ions to the island of stability and black holes in the experiment; ; Appendix A: Comments on the topology of the magnetic field; Appendix B: Inertial controlled thermonuclear synthesis using liners; Appendix C: Reconnection of lines of force in plasma; Appendix D: Ion magnetrons and thrusters with an anodic layer; Appendix E: Tokamaks as a possible reactor for D–T synthesis; Appendix F: High β in large tokamaks; Appendix G: Ionisation of atoms and ions by electronic impact; ; Literature ; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 815 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.4/4; Plasma dynamics; Plasma (Ionized gases); Plasma dynamics; Plasma (Ionized gases); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1322619735; 9781322619736; 9781439881330; 1439881332
• Related ISBNs: 9781439881323
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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