The Physics of Non-Ideal Plasma

by Fortov, V. E.; Iakubov, Igor T.

• ISBN13: 9789810233051
• ISBN10: 9810233051
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Igor T. Iakubov has been Professor of Thermophysics at the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1980, and Vice-Director of the Scientific Center for Applied Problems in Electrodynamics at RAS since 1996.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Non-Ideal Plasma. Basic Concepts	1	(25)
Interparticle interactions. Criteria of non-ideality	1	(9)
The range of existence of non-ideal plasma. The classification of states	10	(8)
Non-ideal plasma in nature. Scientific and technical applications	18	(8)
Electrical Methods of Non-Ideal Plasma Generation	26	(35)
Plasma heating in furnaces	26	(21)
Isobaric Joule heating	47	(7)
High-pressure electric discharges	54	(7)
Dynamic Methods in the Physics of Non-Ideal Plasma	61	(59)
The principles of dynamic generation and diagnostics of plasma	63	(8)
Dynamic compression of the cesium plasma	71	(3)
Compression of inert gases by powerful shock waves	74	(14)
Isentropic expansion of shock-compressed metals	88	(15)
Generation of superdense plasma in shock waves	103	(7)
Non-ideal plasma generation by power fluxes of energy	110	(10)
Ionization Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Properties of Weakly Ionized Plasma	120	(45)
Partly ionized plasma	120	(4)
Anomalous properties of metal plasma	124	(13)
Lowering of ionization potential and cluster ions in a weakly ionized plasma	137	(12)
Droplet model of non-ideal metal vapor plasma	149	(10)
Plasma metallization	159	(6)
Thermodynamics of Plasma With Developed Ionization	165	(67)
One-component plasma	165	(17)
Multi-component plasma. Results of perturbation theory	182	(6)
Pseudopotential model. Monte Carlo calculations	188	(8)
Bound state contribution. Confined atom model	196	(5)
Quasi-classical approximation	201	(6)
Method of density functional	207	(3)
Comparison with experiment	210	(13)
On phase transitions in non-ideal plasma	223	(9)
Electric Conductivity of Partly Ionized Plasma	232	(30)
Electric conductivity of ideal partly ionized plasma	232	(7)
Electric conductivity of weakly non-ideal plasma	239	(10)
Electric conductivity of dense partly ionized plasma	249	(8)
Thermoelectric power	257	(5)
Electric conductivity of Fully Ionized Plasma	262	(21)
Kinetic equation and results of asymptotic theories	262	(3)
Results of electric conductivity measurements	265	(5)
Results of electric conductivity calculations	270	(6)
Electric conductivity of strongly non-ideal ``cold'' plasma	276	(3)
Electric conductivity of high-temperature non-ideal plasma. Ion core effect	279	(4)
Optical Properties of Dense Plasma	283	(32)
Optical properties investigations	283	(2)
Basic radiation processes in ideal atomic plasma	285	(6)
Effects of weak non-ideality. Spectral lines broadening and shift, Photoionization continuum threshold shift	291	(6)
Microfield distribution in non-ideal plasma	297	(3)
Spectroscopic stability principle	300	(3)
Continuous spectra of non-ideal plasma	303	(5)
Optical properties investigations	308	(7)
Non-Ideal Plasma With Disperse Condensed Phase (CDP)	315	(24)
Classification of states of plasma with CDP	315	(2)
Ionization equilibrium in weakly non-ideal plasma with CDP	317	(4)
Results of electron density calculations	321	(2)
Ionization equilibrium in strongly non-ideal plasma with CDP	323	(2)
Renormalization of charge in the system of particles of large radius	325	(3)
Relaxation of distribution of CDP particles	328	(1)
Mobility of electrons	329	(1)
Some results of experimental investigations	330	(9)
Dynamics and Stability of Non-Ideal Plasma	339	(39)
The thermal instability of nonideal plasma with current. Stratification	339	(5)
Non-uniform steady-state conditions of Joule heating of plasma	344	(4)
Heating wave	348	(7)
Recombination coefficient of plasma with multi-charged ions	355	(2)
Hydrodynamic ``explosion'' under conditions of low-temperature plasma flow	357	(3)
Hydrodynamic effects in non-ideal plasma	360	(18)
Appendix 1. Critical Parameters of Metals	378	(2)
Appendix 2. Transport Cross-Sections of Electron Scattering by Inert Gas Atoms	380	(1)
Appendix 3. The Electron Work Functions for Metals	381	(1)
References	382