Principles of Plasma Diagnostics
Principles of Plasma Diagnostics
$117.00
USDThis book provides a systematic introduction to the physics behind measurements on plasmas. It develops from first principles the concepts needed to plan, execute, and interpret plasma diagnostics. The book is therefore accessible to graduate students and professionals with little specific plasma physics background, but is also a valuable reference for seasoned plasma physicists. Most of the examples are taken from laboratory plasma research, but the focus on principles makes the treatment useful to all experimental and theoretical plasma physicists, including those interested in space and astrophysical applications. This second edition is thoroughly revised and updated, with new sections and chapters covering recent developments in the field. Specific areas of added coverage include neutral-beam-based diagnostics, flow measurement with mach probes, equilibrium of strongly shaped plasmas and fusion product diagnostics.
- Thoroughly revised and updated
- Ideal plasma physics reference for graduate students and researchers
- Pedagogical: places emphasis on physical understanding
Reviews & endorsements
"This book is an important contribution and should be on the shelves of most plasma physicists...the self contained nature of the chapters and of the referenced source material will make it useful as well to scientists trying to understand the principles behind particular measurements." Science
"...an unusual combination of clarity, physical insight, and mathematical rigor...a pleasure to read, a must for the plasma physicist, and an invaluable addition to any astrophysicist's library." Observatory
"Of the many texts on plasma diagnostics, none are as comprehensive and yet managable as this excellent book by Ian Hutchinson...I highly recommend it, both as a graduate classroom text, and as a reference text for specialists in all branches of plasma physics." La Physique au Canada
Product details
July 2005Paperback
9780521675741
460 pages
233 × 155 × 23 mm
0.63kg
172 b/w illus. 50 exercises
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Table of Contents
- Preface to first edition
- Preface to second edition
- 1. Plasma diagnostics
- 2. Magnetic diagnostics
- 3. Plasma particle flux
- 4. Refractive-index measurements
- 5. Electromagnetic emission by free electrons
- 6. Electromagnetic radiation from bound electrons
- 7. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation
- 8. Neutral atom diagnostics
- 9. Fast ions and fusion products
- Appendices
- Glossary.
