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Physics of Ion-Ion and Electron-Ion Collisions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983)
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Physics of Ion-Ion and Electron-Ion Collisions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983)
Series: Nato ASI Subseries B:, 83
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Some of the earliest civilizations regarded the universe as
organized around four principles, the four "elements" earth. water,
air, and fire. Fire, which was the source of light and as such
possessed an immaterial quality related to the spiritual world. was
clearly the most impressive of these elements, although its quanti
tative importance could not have been properly discerned. M- ern
science has changed the names, but macroscopic matter is still
divided into four states. The solid, liquid, and gaseous states are
ordinary states, but the fourth state of matter, the plasma state,
has retained a somewhat extraordinary character. It is now
recognized that most of the matter of the universe is in the
ionized state. but on the earth. the plasma state is still the
exception. Hence the importance and also the difficulty of
investigations dealing with ionized matter, which have been greatly
furthered by the development of thermonuclear fusion research. The
study of matter in the ionized state comprises a large diversity of
problems belonging to many different branches of phys ics. A number
of them relate to the microscopic properties of plasmas and concern
the structure and the collisional behavior of atomic constituents.
Although they are clearly of basic importance, their relevance to
thermonuclear research was at first overlooked, at a time when most
of the effort was concentrated on designing fusion devices and
understanding macroscopic phenomena, mostly of an electromagnetic
nature. At present."
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