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Plasma Physics - An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Plasma Physics - An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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This book is an outgrowth of courses in plasma physics which I have
taught at Kiel University for many years. During this time I have
tried to convince my students that plasmas as different as gas
dicharges, fusion plasmas and space plasmas can be described in a
uni ed way by simple models. The challenge in teaching plasma
physics is its apparent complexity. The wealth of plasma phenomena
found in so diverse elds makes it quite different from atomic
physics, where atomic structure, spectral lines and chemical
binding can all be derived from a single equation-the Schroedinger
equation. I positively accept the variety of plasmas and refrain
from subdividing plasma physics into the traditional, but arti
cially separated elds, of hot, cold and space plasmas. This is why
I like to confront my students, and the readers of this book, with
examples from so many elds. By this approach, I believe, they will
be able to become discoverers who can see the commonality between a
falling apple and planetary motion. As an experimentalist, I am
convinced that plasma physics can be best understood from a
bottom-up approach with many illustrating examples that give the
students con dence in their understanding of plasma processes. The
theoretical framework of plasma physics can then be introduced in
several steps of re nement. In the end, the student (or reader)
will see that there is something like the Schroedinger equation,
namely the Vlasov-Maxwell model of plasmas, from which nearly all
phenomena in collisionless plasmas can be derived.
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