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Plasma Physics - An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas (Paperback, 2010 ed.) Loot Price: R2,049
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Plasma Physics - An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Alexander Piel

Plasma Physics - An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas (Paperback, 2010 ed.)

Alexander Piel

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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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Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: November 2014
First published: 2010
Authors: Alexander Piel
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 398
Edition: 2010 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-43631-4
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Nuclear power & engineering
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Plasma physics
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
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LSN: 3-642-43631-5
Barcode: 9783642436314

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