Plasma Physics by Alexander Piel - 9783642436314

Plasma PhysicsAn Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas\nAuthor(s): Alexander Piel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Germany\nImprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K\nISBN-13: 9783642436314, 978-3642436314\nSynopsis\nThis 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 equationthe Schrdinger equation. I positively accept the variety of plasmas and refrain from subdividing plasma physics into the tra.