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The enlarged new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive
introduction to the basic processes in plasmas and demonstrates
that the same fundamental concepts describe cold gas-discharge
plasmas, space plasmas, and hot fusion plasmas. Starting from
particle drifts in magnetic fields, the principles of magnetic
confinement fusion are explained and compared with laser fusion.
Collective processes are discussed in terms of plasma waves and
instabilities. The concepts of plasma description by
magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory, and particle simulation are
stepwise introduced. Space charge effects in sheath regions, double
layers and plasma diodes are given the necessary attention. The
novel fundamental mechanisms of dusty plasmas are explored and
integrated into the framework of conventional plasmas. The book
concludes with a concise description of modern plasma discharges.
Written by an internationally renowned researcher in experimental
plasma physics, the text keeps the mathematical apparatus simple
and emphasizes the underlying concepts. The guidelines of plasma
physics are illustrated by a host of practical examples,
preferentially from plasma diagnostics. There, Langmuir probe
methods, laser interferometry, ionospheric sounding, Faraday
rotation, and diagnostics of dusty plasmas are discussed. Though
primarily addressing students in plasma physics, the book is easily
accessible for researchers in neighboring disciplines, such as
space science, astrophysics, material science, applied physics, and
electrical engineering. This second edition has been thoroughly
revised and contains substantially enlarged chapters on plasma
diagnostics, dusty plasmas and plasma discharges. Probe techniques
have been rearranged into basic theory and a host of practical
examples for probe techniques in dc, rf, and space plasmas. New
topics in dusty plasmas, such as plasma crystals, Yukawa balls,
phase transitions and attractive forces have been adopted. The
chapter on plasma discharges now contains a new section on
conventional and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. The
recently discovered electrical asymmetry effect in capacitive
rf-discharges is described. The text is based on an introductory
course to plasma physics and advanced courses in plasma
diagnostics, dusty plasmas, and plasma waves, which the author has
taught at Kiel University for three decades. The pedagogical
approach combines detailed explanations, a large number of
illustrative figures, short summaries of the basics at the end of
each chapter, and a selection of problems with detailed solutions.
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.
The enlarged new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive
introduction to the basic processes in plasmas and demonstrates
that the same fundamental concepts describe cold gas-discharge
plasmas, space plasmas, and hot fusion plasmas. Starting from
particle drifts in magnetic fields, the principles of magnetic
confinement fusion are explained and compared with laser fusion.
Collective processes are discussed in terms of plasma waves and
instabilities. The concepts of plasma description by
magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory, and particle simulation are
stepwise introduced. Space charge effects in sheath regions, double
layers and plasma diodes are given the necessary attention. The
novel fundamental mechanisms of dusty plasmas are explored and
integrated into the framework of conventional plasmas. The book
concludes with a concise description of modern plasma discharges.
Written by an internationally renowned researcher in experimental
plasma physics, the text keeps the mathematical apparatus simple
and emphasizes the underlying concepts. The guidelines of plasma
physics are illustrated by a host of practical examples,
preferentially from plasma diagnostics. There, Langmuir probe
methods, laser interferometry, ionospheric sounding, Faraday
rotation, and diagnostics of dusty plasmas are discussed. Though
primarily addressing students in plasma physics, the book is easily
accessible for researchers in neighboring disciplines, such as
space science, astrophysics, material science, applied physics, and
electrical engineering. This second edition has been thoroughly
revised and contains substantially enlarged chapters on plasma
diagnostics, dusty plasmas and plasma discharges. Probe techniques
have been rearranged into basic theory and a host of practical
examples for probe techniques in dc, rf, and space plasmas. New
topics in dusty plasmas, such as plasma crystals, Yukawa balls,
phase transitions and attractive forces have been adopted. The
chapter on plasma discharges now contains a new section on
conventional and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. The
recently discovered electrical asymmetry effect in capacitive
rf-discharges is described. The text is based on an introductory
course to plasma physics and advanced courses in plasma
diagnostics, dusty plasmas, and plasma waves, which the author has
taught at Kiel University for three decades. The pedagogical
approach combines detailed explanations, a large number of
illustrative figures, short summaries of the basics at the end of
each chapter, and a selection of problems with detailed solutions.
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