<p>Collective Modes in Inhomogeneous Plasmas: Kinetic and Advanced Fluid Theory presents the collective drift and MHD-type modes in inhomogeneous plasmas from the point of view of two-fluid and kinetic theory. Written by an internationally respected plasma transport theoretician, this introductory monograph emphasizes the description of the plasma rather than the geometry to present a more general approach to a large class of plasma problems. Starting with generalized fluid equations for low frequency phenomena, the author shows how drift waves and MHD-type modes can arise from the effects of inhomogeneities in the plasma. The kinetic description is then presented to reveal a host of phenomena ranging from vortex modes and finite Larmor radius effects to trapped and fast particle instabilities, transport, diffusion, and other advanced fluid effects. Theoretical and computational plasma physicists modeling confined plasmas will find this illustrated book a very valuable addition to their collection.</p>

Collective Modes in Inhomogeneous Plasmas: Kinetic and Advanced Fluid Theory (Series in Plasma Physics)

Science & Math

Weiland, Jan

Physics

CRC-Press

Stability and Transport in Magnetic Confinement Systems (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 71)

Stability and Transport in Magnetic Confinement Systems provides an advanced introduction to the fields of stability and transport in tokamaks. It serves as a reference for researchers with its highly-detailed theoretical background, and contains new results in the areas of analytical nonlinear theory of transport using kinetic theory and fluid closure. The use of fluid descriptions for advanced stability and transport problems provide the reader with a better understanding of this topic. In addition, the areas of nonlinear kinetic theory and fluid closure gives the researcher the basic knowledge of a highly relevant area to the present development of transport physics.

Springer

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Collective Modes in Inhomogeneous Plasmas: Kinetic and Advanced Fluid Theory (Series in Plasma Physics)

Stability and Transport in Magnetic Confinement Systems (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 71)