A Plasma Formulary for Physics, Technology, and AstrophysicsPlasma physics has matured rapidly as a discipline, and now touches on many different research areas, including manufacturing processes. This collection of fundamental formulae and definitions in plasma physics is vital to anyone with an interest in plasmas or ionized gases, whether in physics, astronomy or engineering. Both theorists and experimentalists will find this book useful, as it incorporates the latest results and findings. The text treats astrophysical plasmas, fusion plasmas, industrial plasmas and low temperature plasmas as aspects of the same discipline - a unique approach made possible by the abbreviated nature of a formulary. |
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acceleration Alfvén speed Alfvén wave angle assumed beam Bessel function Boltzmann cathode charged particle cold plasma collision frequency collision term collisional component constant cos² Coulomb current density cyclotron frequency cylindrical Debye length defined denotes dielectric tensor diffusion dispersion relation distribution function drift electric field energy density equation equilibrium magnetic field field point flow formula frequency of species given instability kinetic energy Larmor formula magnetic field magnetised plasma mass density matrix Maxwellian mean free path MHD plasma mode motion neutral gas non-relativistic Note number of electrons parallel parameter particle of species perpendicular perturbation plane plasma frequency Plasma Physics polarized potential pressure propagation quantities radiation radius relativistic Restrictions scattering cross-section sheath shock sin² solution temperature thermal Thomson Scattering unit vacuum vacuum permittivity vector velocity wavenumber yields απ μο