Physics of Partially Ionized Plasmas

Informationen zum Autor Vinod Krishan received her PhD from the University of Tennessee. She was Senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, and held visiting positions at the Indian Institute of Science, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, the National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, the University of Tokyo and the Raman Research Institute, India. She has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience and has published more than 100 research papers in national and international journals. She has taught courses on plasma astrophysics, quantum mechanics and statistical physics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her major research interests have been in the areas of space and astrophysical plasmas. Klappentext This book is intended for academic researchers and graduate students in the field of partially ionized plasmas. Zusammenfassung This book presents a pedagogical account of the physics of partially ionized plasmas starting from first principles. It includes a set of unsolved problems at the cutting edge of research in the field! from the formulation to the application level. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures; Preface; 1. Partially ionized plasmas here and everywhere; 2. Multifluid description of partially ionized plasmas; 3. Equilibrium of partially ionized plasmas; 4. Waves in partially ionized plasmas; 5. Advanced topics in partially ionized plasmas; 6. Research problems in partially ionized plasmas; Supplementary matter; Index.

Product details

• Authors: V. Krishan, Vinod Krishan, Vinod (Indian Institute of Astrophysics Krishan, Krishan Vinod
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107117396
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11739-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Spac
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Plasma Physics