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Physics of partially ionized plasmas
Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially io...
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Cambridge University Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316341148 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2304807 |
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author | Krishan, Vinod |
author_facet | Krishan, Vinod |
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description | Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially ionized plasmas. This book discusses different aspects of partially ionized plasmas including multi-fluid description, equilibrium and types of waves. The discussion goes on to cover the reionization phase of the universe, along with a brief description of high discharge plasmas, tokomak plasmas and laser plasmas. Various elastic and inelastic collisions amongst the three particle species are also presented. In addition, the author demonstrates the novelty of partially ionized plasmas using many examples; for instance, in partially ionized plasma the magnetic induction is subjected to the ambipolar diffusion and the Hall effect, as well as the usual resistive dissipation. Also included is an observation of kinematic dynamo in partially ionized plasmas. |
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institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
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publishDate | 2016 |
publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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spelling | cern-23048072021-04-21T18:54:00Zdoi:10.1017/9781316341148http://cds.cern.ch/record/2304807engKrishan, VinodPhysics of partially ionized plasmasOther Fields of PhysicsPlasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter; the other three being solid, liquid and gas. Several components, such as molecular clouds, diffuse interstellar gas, the solar atmosphere, the Earth's ionosphere and laboratory plasmas, including fusion plasmas, constitute the partially ionized plasmas. This book discusses different aspects of partially ionized plasmas including multi-fluid description, equilibrium and types of waves. The discussion goes on to cover the reionization phase of the universe, along with a brief description of high discharge plasmas, tokomak plasmas and laser plasmas. Various elastic and inelastic collisions amongst the three particle species are also presented. In addition, the author demonstrates the novelty of partially ionized plasmas using many examples; for instance, in partially ionized plasma the magnetic induction is subjected to the ambipolar diffusion and the Hall effect, as well as the usual resistive dissipation. Also included is an observation of kinematic dynamo in partially ionized plasmas.Cambridge University Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:23048072016 |
spellingShingle | Other Fields of Physics Krishan, Vinod Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title | Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title_full | Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title_fullStr | Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title_full_unstemmed | Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title_short | Physics of partially ionized plasmas |
title_sort | physics of partially ionized plasmas |
topic | Other Fields of Physics |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316341148 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2304807 |
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