Anomalous transport is a ubiquitous phenomenon in astrophysical,
geophysical and laboratory plasmas; and is a key topic in
controlled nuclear fusion research. Despite its fundamental
importance and ongoing research interest, a full understanding of
anomalous transport in plasmas is still incomplete, due to the
complexity of the nonlinear phenomena involved. Aspects in
Anomalous Transport in Plasmas is the first book to systematically
consider anomalous plasma transport theory and provides a
unification of the many theoretical models by emphasizing
interrelations between seemingly different methodologies. It is not
intended as a catalogue of the vast number of plasma instabilities
leading to anomalous transport; instead it chooses a number of
these and emphasizes the aspects specifically due to turbulence.
After a brief introduction, the microscopic theory of turbulence is
discussed, including quasilinear theory and various aspects of
renormalization methods, which leads to an understanding of
resonance broadening, mode coupling, trajectory correlation and
clumps. The second half of the book is devoted to stochiastic
tramsport, using methods based on the Langevin equations and on
Random Walk theory. This treatment aims at going beyond the
traditional limits of weak turbulence, by introducing the recently
developed method of decorrelation trajectories, and its application
to electrostatic turbulence, magnetic turbulence and zonal flow
generation. The final chapter includes very recent work on the
nonlocal transport phenomenon.
General
| Imprint: |
Institute Of Physics Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Series in Plasma Physics |
| Release date: |
April 2005 |
| First published: |
2005 |
| Authors: |
Radu Balescu
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
492 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7503-1030-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
States of matter >
Plasma physics
|
| LSN: |
0-7503-1030-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780750310307 |
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