Plasma Modeling: Methods and Applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling, giving details about theoretical and numerical methods, enriched by a comprehensive bibliography for a deeper insight into the problem. The book is intended to assist and direct students and researchers, who want to develop research activity in the field of plasma physics, in the choice of the best model for the problem of interest. Each chapter is focused on a specific problem and written by experts in the field, giving details on computational techniques often not fully described in scientific papers. The book is organised in three parts. The first describes kinetic models used in plasma investigations, such as the two- and multi-term approximations of the Boltzmann equation and the particle-in-cell method, with the derivation of the basic equations. The second part develops the derivation of the theory of fluid equations and of hybrid models. The third part is devoted to applications, considering some practical problems of interest in different fields such as high-pressure discharges, high-enthalpy flows and plasma torches.

Plasma Modeling- Methods and Applications (IOP Expanding Physics)

Science & Math

Colonna, Gianpiero

Physics

IOP Publishing Ltd.

Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling, giving details about theoretical and numerical methods. It describes kinetic models used in plasma investigations, develops the theory of fluid equations and hybrid models, and discusses applications and practical problems across a range of fields. This updated second edition contains over 200 pages of new material, including an extensive new part that discusses methods to calculate data needed in plasma modeling, such as thermodynamic and transport properties, state specific rate coefficients in heavy particle collisions and electron impact cross sections. This updated research and reference text is an excellent resource to assist and direct students and researchers who want to develop research activity in the field of plasma physics in the choice of the best model for the problem of interest. Key Features: <ul><li>New edition updated throughout</li><li>Contains a new part covering methods to calculate data needed in plasma modelling</li><li>Contains detailed descriptions of numerical methods</li><li>Includes a wide variety of applications of the models</li><li>Chapters written by experts in the field</li></ul>

Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications (Plasma Physics)

D'Angola, Antonio

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Thermodynamics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 66)

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics - Thermodynamics develops basic and advanced concepts of plasma thermodynamics from both classical and statistical points of view.
After a refreshment of classical thermodynamics applied to the dissociation and ionization regimes, the book invites the reader to discover the role of electronic excitation in affecting the properties of plasmas, a topic often overlooked by the thermal plasma community.
Particular attention is devoted to the problem of the divergence of the partition function of atomic species and the state-to-state approach for calculating the partition function of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. The limit of ideal gas approximation is also discussed, by introducing Debye-Huckel and virial corrections.
Throughout the book, worked examples are given in order to clarify concepts and mathematical approaches.
This book is a first of a series of three books to be published by the authors on fundamental aspects of plasma chemical physics. The next books will discuss transport and kinetics.

Capitelli, Mario

Reference

Springer

Describing non-equilibrium "cold" plasmas through a chemical physics approach, this book uses the state-to-state plasma kinetics, which considers each internal state as a new species with its own cross sections. Extended atomic and molecular master equations are coupled with Boltzmann and Monte Carlo methods to solve the electron energy distribution function. Selected examples in different applied fields, such as microelectronics, fusion, and aerospace, are presented and discussed including the self-consistent kinetics in RF parallel plate reactors, the optimization of negative ion sources and the expansion of high enthalpy flows through nozzles of different geometries.
The book will cover the main aspects of the state-to-state kinetic approach for the description of nonequilibrium cold plasmas, illustrating the more recent achievements in the development of kinetic models including the self-consistent coupling of master equations and Boltzmann equation for electron dynamics. To give a complete portrayal, the book will assess fundamental concepts and theoretical formulations, based on a unified methodological approach, and explore the insight in related scientific problems still opened for the research community.

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Kinetics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 85)

Laricchiuta, Annarita

Esposito, Fabrizio

Celiberto, Roberto

Gorse, Claudine

Hassouni, Khaled

Longo, Savino

Chemistry

This book describes plasma thermodynamics of one-temperature and multi-temperature ideal and non-ideal equilibrium plasmas, using concepts of classical and statistical thermodynamics. Worked examples are provided throughout, to help clarify fundamentals.

Describing non-equilibrium "cold" plasmas through a chemical physics approach, this book uses the state-to-state plasma kinetics, which considers each internal state as a new species with its own cross sections. Extended atomic and molecular master equations are coupled with Boltzmann and Monte Carlo methods to solve the electron energy distribution function. Selected examples in different applied fields, such as microelectronics, fusion, and aerospace, are presented and discussed including the self-consistent kinetics in RF parallel plate reactors, the optimization of negative ion sources and the expansion of high enthalpy flows through nozzles of different geometries.The book will cover the main aspects of the state-to-state kinetic approach for the description of nonequilibrium cold plasmas, illustrating the more recent achievements in the development of kinetic models including the self-consistent coupling of master equations and Boltzmann equation for electron dynamics. To give a complete portrayal, the book will assess fundamental concepts and theoretical formulations, based on a unified methodological approach, and explore the insight in related scientific problems still opened for the research community.

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Plasma Modeling- Methods and Applications (IOP Expanding Physics)

Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications (Plasma Physics)

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Thermodynamics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 66)

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Kinetics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 85)

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Thermodynamics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 66)

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics: Kinetics (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 85)