Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas

by Per Helander , Dieter J. Sigmar

• ISBN13: 9780521020985
• ISBN10: 0521020980
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Here is a text on theoretical plasma physics, the science of extremely hot gases which make up most of the universe and are used extensively in fusion energy research. The authors treat a topic at the heart of this subject, transport theory, which predicts the electrical and thermal properties of the plasma. This comprehensive book is directed at graduate students in physics and professional research physicists, in particular, fusion energy scientists and space physicists.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Kinetic and fluid descriptions of a plasma

3. The collision operator

4. Plasma fluid equations

5. Transport of a cylindrical plasma

6. Particle motion

7. Toroidal plasma

8. Transport in toroidal plasmas

9. Transport in the Pfirsch-Schlü

ter regime

10. Transport in the plateau regime

11. Transport in the banana regime

12. The moment approach to neoclassical theory

13. Advanced topics

14. Experimental evidence for neoclassical transport.