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Introduction to Plasmas and Plasma Dynamics provides an accessible introduction to the understanding of high temperature, ionized gases necessary to conduct research and develop applications related to plasmas. While standard presentations of introductory material emphasize physics  and the theoretical basis of the topics, this text acquaints the reader with the context of the basic information and presents the fundamental knowledge required for advanced work or study. The book relates theory to relevant devices and mechanisms, presenting a clear outline of analysis and mathematical detail; it highlights the significance of the concepts with reviews of recent applications and trends in plasma engineering, including topics of plasma formation and magnetic fusion, plasma thrusters and space propulsion. Presents the essential principles of plasma dynamics needed for effective research and development work in plasma applications Emphasizes physical understanding and supporting theoretical foundation with reference to  their utilization in devices,  mechanisms and phenomena Covers a range of applications, including energy conversion, space propulsion, magnetic fusion, and space physics.

Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Plasma dynamics. --- Snowplow effect --- Dynamics --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases

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Electrons --- Gases --- Plasma dynamics --- Gaz --- Plasmas, Dynamique des --- Scattering --- Gases. --- Plasma dynamics. --- Scattering. --- 533.9 --- -Gases --- Snowplow effect --- Dynamics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Fluids --- Matter --- Gas laws (Physical chemistry) --- Pneumatics --- Corpuscular theory of matter --- Atoms --- Leptons (Nuclear physics) --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Cathode rays --- Ions --- Positrons --- Plasma physics --- Properties --- Constitution --- 533.9 Plasma physics --- Electron-positron scattering --- Electron scattering --- Scattering (Physics) --- Electrons - Scattering

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This thesis presents several important aspects of the plasma dynamics in extremely high intensity electromagnetic fields when quantum electrodynamics effects have to be taken into account. This work is of utmost importance for the forthcoming generation of multipetawatt laser facilities where this physics will be tested. The first part consists of an introduction that extends from classical and quantum electrodynamics in strong fields to the kinetic description of plasmas in the interaction with such fields. This can be considered as an advanced tutorial which would be extremely useful to researchers and students new to the field. The second part describes original contributions on the analysis of the signatures of classical and quantum radiation reaction on the distribution function of the charged particles and of the photon spectrum, and leads to significant advances on this topic. These results are then extended to the analysis of the so-called QED cascades which are of central importance for a better understanding of some astrophysical phenomena and basic physics problems. Finally, the book discusses future directions for the high intensity laser–plasma interaction community. The results presented in this thesis are expected to become more and more relevant as the new multipetawatt facilities become operative.

Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Quantum physics. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Plasma Physics. --- Quantum Physics. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Plasma dynamics. --- Snowplow effect --- Dynamics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Magnetohydrodynamics

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The Physics of Collisional Plasmas deals with the plasma physics of interest to laboratory research and industrial applications, such as lighting, fabrication of microelectronics, destruction of greenhouse gases. Its emphasis is on explaining the physical mechanisms, rather than the detailed mathematical description and theoretical analysis. At the introductory level, it is important to convey the characteristic physical phenomena of plasmas, before addressing the ultimate formalism of kinetic theory, with its microscopic, statistical mechanics approach. To this aim, this text translates the physical phenomena into more tractable equations, using the hydrodynamic model; this considers the plasma as a fluid, in which the macroscopic physical parameters are the statistical averages of the microscopic (individual) parameters. This book is an introduction to the physics of collisional plasmas, as opposed to plasmas in space. It is intended for graduate students in physics and engineering . The first chapter introduces with progressively increasing detail, the fundamental concepts of plasma physic. The motion of individual charged particles in various configurations of electric and magnetic fields is detailed in the second chapter while the third chapter considers the collective motion of the plasma particles described according to a hydrodynamic model. The fourth chapter is most original in that it introduces a general approach to energy balance, valid for all types of discharges comprising direct current(DC) and high frequency (HF) discharges, including an applied static magnetic field. The basic concepts required in this fourth chapter have been progressively introduced in the previous chapters. The text is enriched with approx. 100 figures, and alphabetical index and 45 fully resolved problems. Mathematical and physical appendices provide complementary information or allow to go deeper in a given subject.

Collisions (Physics). --- Physics. --- Plasma physics. --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Collisions (Physics) --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Electricity & Magnetism --- Plasma dynamics. --- Snowplow effect --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Fluids. --- Atoms. --- Matter. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Industrial engineering. --- Electronics. --- Microelectronics. --- Plasma Physics. --- Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction. --- Applied and Technical Physics. --- Dynamics --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Ionized gases --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Stereochemistry --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Hydraulics --- Mechanics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Constitution

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This book collects interrelated lectures on fractal dynamics, anomalous transport and various historical and modern aspects of plasma sciences and technology. The origins of plasma science in connection to electricity and electric charges and devices leading to arc plasma are explored in the first contribution by Jean-Marc Ginoux and Thomas Cuff. The second important historic connection with plasmas was magnetism and the magnetron. Victor J. Law and Denis P. Dowling, in the second contribution, review the history of the magnetron based on the development of thermionic diode valves and related devices. In the third chapter, Christos H Skiadas and Charilaos Skiadas present and apply diffusion theory and solution strategies to a number of stochastic processes of interest. Anomalous diffusion by the fractional Fokker-Planck equation and Lévy stable processes are studied by Johan Anderson and Sara Moradi in the fourth contribution. They consider the motion of charged particles in a 3-dimensional magnetic field in the presence of linear friction and of a stochastic electric field. Analysis of low-frequency instabilities in a low-temperature magnetized plasma is presented by Dan-Gheorghe Dimitriu, Maricel Agop in the fifth chapter. The authors refer to experimental results of the Innsbruck Q-machine and provide an analytical formulation of the related theory. In chapter six, Stefan Irimiciuc, Dan-Gheorghe Dimitriu, Maricel Agop propose a theoretical model to explain the dynamics of charged particles in a plasma discharge with a strong flux of electrons from one plasma structure to another. The theory and applications of fractional derivatives in many-particle disordered large systems are explored by Z.Z. Alisultanov, A.M. Agalarov, A.A. Potapov, G.B. Ragimkhanov. In chapter eight, Maricel Agop, Alina Gavrilut¸ and Gabriel Crumpei explore the motion of physical systems that take place on continuous but non-differentiable curves (fractal curves). Finally in the last chapter S.L. Cherkas and V.L. Kalashnikov consider the perturbations of a plasma consisting of photons, baryons, and electrons in a linearly expanding (Milne-like) universe taking into account the metric tensor and vacuum perturbations. .

Plasma dynamics. --- Fractional calculus. --- Derivatives and integrals, Fractional --- Differentiation of arbitrary order, Integration and --- Differintegration, Generalized --- Fractional derivatives and integrals --- Generalized calculus --- Generalized differintegration --- Integrals, Fractional derivatives and --- Integration and differentiation of arbitrary order --- Calculus --- Snowplow effect --- Dynamics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Distribution (Probability theory. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Plasma Physics. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Distribution functions --- Frequency distribution --- Characteristic functions --- Probabilities --- Mathematics --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Probabilities. --- Statistical physics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Physics --- Mathematical statistics --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Chance --- Least squares --- Risk --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Statistical methods