Ray Tracing and Beyond - Phase Space Methods in Plasma Wave Theory

A complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Some preliminaries; 3. Eikonal approximation; 4. Visualization and wave field construction; 5. Phase space theory of caustics; 6. Mode conversion and tunneling; 7. Gyroresonant wave conversion; Appendix A. Cold plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor; Appendix B. Review of variational principles; Appendix C. Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas; Appendix D. Heisenberg-Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols; Appendix E. Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms; Index.

About the author

E. R. Tracy is the Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary, Virginia.A. J. Brizard is a Professor of Physics at Saint Michael's College, Vermont.A. S. Richardson is a Research Scientist in the Plasma Physics Division of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).A. N. Kaufman is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Product details

• Authors: E R Tracy & A J Brizard, A. J. Brizard, A. J. (Saint Michael's College Brizard, Alain Brizard, Brizard A. J., A. N. Kaufman, A. N. (University of California Kaufman, Allan Kaufman, Kaufman A. N., A. S. Richardson, Richardson A. S., E R Tracy, E. R. Tracy, E. R. (College of William and Mary Tracy, E. R. Brizard Tracy, Eugene Tracy, Tracy E. R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9780521768061
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76806-1
• No. of pages: 541
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Mathematical physics, Plasma Physics, Mathematics & science