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Filling the gap for a treatment of the subject as an advanced course in theoretical physics with a huge potential for future applications, this monograph discusses aspects of these applications and provides theoretical methods and tools for their investigation. Throughout this coherent and up-to-date work the main emphasis is on classical plasmas at high-temperatures, drawing on the experienced author's specialist background. As such, it covers the key areas of magnetic fusion plasma, laser-plasma-interaction and astrophysical plasmas, while also including nonlinear waves and phenomena. For master and PhD students as well as researchers interested in the theoretical foundations of plasma models.
List of contents
Single Particle MotionPlasma in Thermodynamic EquilibriumKinetic Description of Nonequilibrium PlasmasFluid DescriptionPrinciples of Linear and Stochastic TransportLinear Waves and InstabilitiesGeneral Theory of Nonlinear Waves and SolitonsNonlinear Wave Aspects in Laser-Matter Interaction
About the author
Karl-Heinz Spatschek is professor of physics at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Bochum, he took up a position at the University of Essen. His research visits included stays at the University of Kyoto (Japan), Oxford (UK), and Maryland (USA).
Professor Spatschek has been playing a key role in research projects funded by the German Research Foundation. He cooperates with the plasma physics group at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. His research concentrates on high-temperature plasma physics, nonlinear dynamics, and laser plasma interaction.
Summary
Filling the gap for a treatment of the subject as an advanced course in theoretical physics with a huge potential for future applications, this monograph discusses aspects of these applications and provides theoretical methods and tools for their investigation. Throughout this coherent and up-to-date work the main emphasis is on classical plasmas at high-temperatures, drawing on the experienced author's specialist background. As such, it covers the key areas of magnetic fusion plasma, laser-plasma-interaction and astrophysical plasmas, while also including nonlinear waves and phenomena.
For master and PhD students as well as researchers interested in the theoretical foundations of plasma models.
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"For master and PhD students as well as researchers interested in the theoretical foundations of plasma models." (ETDE Energy Database, 2011)
