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Quantum Plasmadynamics: Unmagnetized Plasmas
Donald Melrose
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Description for Quantum Plasmadynamics: Unmagnetized Plasmas
hardcover. The field of quantum plasmas has a long and diverse tradition. The subject is of increasing interest. This book synthesizes two fields: classical kinetic theory of collisionless plasmas and quantum electrodynamics. It provides a comprehensive introduction to a more general formalism for plasma kinetic and dispersion theory. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
The idea of synthesizing quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the kinetic theory of plasmas ?rst occurred to me in the early 1970s [1, 2]. The project to do so has been carried out bit by bit over the subsequent years. The name “quantum plasmadynamics” (QPD) is my own jargon [3] for the synthesized theory. Both QED and the kinetic theory of plasmas areconcerned with the int- action between charged particles and the electromagnetic ?eld, but they are radically di?erent in the way the interaction is described. The kinetic theory of plasmas is a collective-medium theory: a plasma is not a collection ... Read more
The idea of synthesizing quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the kinetic theory of plasmas ?rst occurred to me in the early 1970s [1, 2]. The project to do so has been carried out bit by bit over the subsequent years. The name “quantum plasmadynamics” (QPD) is my own jargon [3] for the synthesized theory. Both QED and the kinetic theory of plasmas areconcerned with the int- action between charged particles and the electromagnetic ?eld, but they are radically di?erent in the way the interaction is described. The kinetic theory of plasmas is a collective-medium theory: a plasma is not a collection ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387739021
SKU
V9780387739021
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About Donald Melrose
Following completion of his doctoral thesis, in theoretical particle physics at Oxford University in 1965, Don Melrose changed his research interests to plasma astrophysics. After post-doctoral appointments in the UK and the USA he returned to Australia in 1969, to the Australian National University until he took up his current appointment as Professor of Physics (Theoretical) at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Quantum Plasmadynamics: Unmagnetized Plasmas
From the reviews: "The ten chapters and 464 pages book is one of Lecture Notes Series of Monographs on Physics and gives the best introduction to the quantum electrodynamics and the kinetic theory relativistic and non-relativistic charged particles. The author of the book is focusing on interactions between charged particles and the electromagnetic field. … Materials of ... Read more