Electrodynamics of particles and plasmas. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: P.C. Clemmow, University of Cambridge, J.P. Dougherty, University of Cambridge.
• Authors: Clemmow, P. C; Dougherty, J. P (John P.)
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Publisherâ#x80;#x99;s Foreword; Vita; Special Preface; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Origin and scope of the subject; 1.2 Orders of magnitude; 1.3 Fundamental equations; Chapter 2: Electrodynamics; 2.1 Fields and sources; 2.2 The field of a moving point charge; 2.3 The techniques of special relativity; Chapter 3: Ä#x8C;erenkov and Gyro Radiation; 3.1 Uniform rectilinear motion in a vacuum; 3.2 Ä#x8C;erenkov radiation; 3.3 Gyro radiation; Chapter 4: Dynamical Motion of a Point Charge; 4.1 Equations of motion 4.2 Non-relativistic motion in simple special cases4.3 Non-relativistic motion in a slowly varying field: introduction; 4.4 Non-relativistic motion in a slowly varying field: analysis; 4.5 Some examples of relativistic motion; 4.6 The self-force; Chapter 5: Waves in an Ionized Gas: Magneto-Ionic Theory; 5.1 Macroscopic description of plasma; 5.2 Collisionless plasma without magnetostatic field; 5.3 Collisionless magneto-ionic theory; 5.4 The inclusion of the motion of positive ions; 5.5 The inclusion of partial pressures; 5.6 The inclusion of collisions; Chapter 6: Plasma Streams 6.1 Instability and growth6.2 A single stream; 6.3 Two streams; Chapter 7: Boltzmannâ#x80;#x99;s Equation; 7.1 Phase space and Liouville's theorem; 7.2 The Boltzmann-Vlasov equations; 7.3 Plasma in thermal equilibrium; 7.4 Hydrodynamic variables and equations; 7.5 The solution of Boltzmann's equation in given fields: Jeans's theore; 7.6 Examples of Jeans's theorem; 7.7 A relativistic formulation of Boltzmann's equation; Chapter 8: Waves in Ionized Gases: Kinetic Theory; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The response of a plasma to longitudinal fields; 8.3 Plasma oscillations and Landau damping 8.4 The initial value problem8.5 Further discussion of Landau damping; 8.6 Transverse waves; 8.7 Maxwellian distributions; 8.8 The effect of positive ions. Ion waves; 8.9 A relativistic treatment; Chapter 9: Waves in Ionized Gases: Kinetic Theory (continued); 9.1 Solution of Boltzmann's equation in an external magnetic field; 9.2 Electrostatic waves in a Maxwellian plasma; 9.3 The conductivity tensor for a Maxwellian plasma; 9.4 General distributions; 9.5 Effect of collisions; Chapter 10: Microinstabilities; 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Longitudinal oscillations in a field-free plasma. The Penrose stability criterion10.3 Unstable transverse waves in a field-free plasma; 10.4 Electrostatic instabilities in the presence of a magnetic field; 10.5 Unstable transverse waves in a magnetized plasma; 10.6 Some other microinstabilities; 10.7 Stability of isotropic monotonic distributions; Chapter 11: The Derivation of Magnetohydrodynamics; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The adiabatic approximation for collision-dominated gases; 11.3 The adiabatic approximation for a collisionless plasma in a strong magnetic field
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 537.6; Plasma (Ionized gases); Electrodynamics; SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity; SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism; Electrodynamics; Plasma (Ionized gases); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429493928; 0429493924; 9780429973550; 0429973551
• Related ISBNs: 9780201479867; 9780201515008
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 16, 2018).
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