ISBN:
9783031173394
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (534 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics Series v.123
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4409113
Keywords:
Plasma (Ionized gases)
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Essential Elements of Fusion Physics -- 1.2 The Plasma Exhaust Problem -- 1.3 Boundary Physics at a Glance -- 1.4 Goals and Synopsis -- References -- 2 Plasma Equations -- 2.1 Forces and Dynamics -- 2.2 Kinetic Description -- 2.2.1 Liouville Equation and Probability Distributions -- 2.2.2 Boltzmann and Vlasov Equation -- 2.3 A Basic Discussion of Plasma Collision Operators -- 2.3.1 From Collisions to Collision Operators -- 2.3.2 Boltzmann's H-Theorem, or a Short History of Irreversibility -- 2.3.3 Simplifying Things: The BGK Operator -- 2.4 Fluid Description -- 2.4.1 Density Equation -- 2.4.2 Momentum Equation -- 2.4.3 Energy Equation -- 2.5 Implication of Non-relativistic Dynamics -- 2.6 Closures, Orderings and Reduced Models -- 2.6.1 Braginskii Equations -- 2.6.2 MHD -- 2.6.3 Drift-Ordered Equations -- 2.6.4 Geometry in Reduced 2D Systems -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Sheath Physics -- 3.1 The Langmuir (or Debye) Sheath -- 3.2 Debye Shielding -- 3.3 A Quick Review of Wall Models -- 3.4 Wall with Perpendicular Magnetic Field or Non MagnetisedPlasma -- 3.4.1 Fluid Sheath Model and Existence Conditions -- 3.4.2 Particle Fluxes and Electrical Phenomena in the Sheath -- 3.4.3 Collisional Presheath -- 3.4.4 Kinetic Treatment of the Sheath -- 3.4.5 Bohm Criterion for Plasmas with Multiple Ions -- 3.4.6 Sheath Energy Transmission: Formerly (and Wrongly) Known as Heat Transmission -- 3.5 Wall with Inclined Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Pre-sheath -- 3.5.1 Bohm Criterion for Shallow Angles and Magnetic Pre-sheath -- 3.5.2 Electric Potential and Dependence on the Incidence Angle -- 3.5.3 Effect of Fluid Drifts -- 3.5.4 Very Shallow Angles and Role of Collisions -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Atomic, Molecular and Plasma-Surface Physics.
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