Elskens / Escande Microscopic Dynamics of Plasmas and Chaos

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4200-3395-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 324 Seiten

Reihe: Series in Plasma Physics

Microscopic Dynamics of Plasmas and Chaos discusses the resonant wave-particle interaction in plasmas, provides the tools for chaotic Hamiltonian dynamics, and describes a turbulent macroscopic system through the chaotic classical mechanics of the corresponding N-body problem. The book begins with the fundamentals of N-body dynamics, followed by a statistical description of wave-particle interactions. It then builds up knowledge by examining advanced material that includes Hamiltonian chaos, chaotic diffusion, self-consistent dynamics in the diffusive regime, as well as temporal evolution of a single-wave particle system. The authors describe the subject matter in a systematic and lucid way, supported by detailed simulations.

Zielgruppe

Professors and students in plasma physics; statistical physics; celestial mechanics; fluid, chaotic, and collective dynamics; classical mechanics; applied mathematics; and nonlinear dynamics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elskens, Y

Escande, D.F

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Mikroskopie, Spektroskopie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic physical setting
From N-body dynamics to wave-particle interaction
Dynamics of the small amplitude wave-particle system
Statistical description of the small amplitude wave-particle dynamics
Hamiltonian chaos
Diffusion: case of the nonself-consistent dynamics
Self-consistent dynamics in the diffusive regime
Time evolution of the single wave-particle system
Gibbsian equilibrium of the single wave-particle system
Conclusion
Appendices
References