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Plasma

The Fourth State of Matter

  • D. A. Frank-Kamenetskii
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction
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    Pages 1-8
  3. Production of a Plasma
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    Pages 8-11
  4. Plasma Diagnostics
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    Pages 11-18
  5. Quasi Neutrality and Charge Separation
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    Pages 18-22
  6. Polarization of a Plasma
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    Pages 22-24
  7. Gas Discharges
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    Pages 24-25
  8. Plasma Thermodynamics
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    Pages 25-34
  9. Elementary Processes
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    Pages 35-36
  10. Plasmas and Radiation
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    Pages 36-40
  11. Equilibrium and the Stationary Ionization States
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    Pages 40-44
  12. Plasmas as Conducting Fluids
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    Pages 44-50
  13. Field Diffusion and Plasma Diffusion
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    Pages 50-50
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  14. Applications of the Conducting-Fluid Model
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    Pages 51-53
  15. Toroidal Plasma Traps
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    Pages 53-55
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  16. Electromagnetic Pumping and Plasma Acceleration
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    Pages 55-57
  17. Magnetohydrodynamic Flow
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    Pages 57-59
  18. The Two-Fluid Model
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    Pages 59-64
  19. Plasma Conductivity in a Magnetic Field
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    Pages 64-66
  20. Plasma as an Ensemble of Independent Particles
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    Pages 66-68
  21. Drift Motion
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    Pages 68-71
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  22. Electric Drift
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    Pages 71-73
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  23. Conservation of Magnetic Moment
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    Pages 74-75
  24. The Adiabatic Traps
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    Pages 75-78
  25. Drift in an Inhomogeneous Field
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    Pages 79-83
  26. Polarization Drift
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    Pages 83-85
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  27. Rotating Plasmas
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    Pages 85-86
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  28. The Magnetization Current
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    Pages 86-89
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  29. The Quasi-hydrodynamic Approximation
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    Pages 89-91
  30. Hydromagnetic Plasma Instabilities
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    Pages 91-95
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  31. Pinch Instability
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    Pages 95-96
  32. Stabilization by Frozen-in Magnetic Fields
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    Pages 96-98
  33. Interchange or Flute Instabilities
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    Pages 98-100
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  34. Diffusion of Opposed Fields
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    Pages 100-104
  35. Oscillations and Waves in Plasmas
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    Pages 104-108
  36. Electrostatic Plasma Oscillations
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    Pages 108-110
  37. Electrostatic Oscillations with Ions
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    Pages 110-113
  38. Plasma Oscillations in a Magnetic Field
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    Pages 113-116
  39. Dispersion near the Cyclotron Frequency
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    Pages 116-119
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  40. Oblique Waves and General Classification of Oscillations
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    Pages 119-120
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  41. Propagation of Radio Waves through a Plasma
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    Pages 120-126
  42. Plasma Resonators and Waveguides
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    Pages 126-129
  43. Excitation and Damping of Oscillations
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    Pages 130-134
  44. Shock Waves in Plasmas
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    Pages 134-135
  45. Random Processes
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    Pages 135-137
  46. The Drunkard’s Walk
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    Pages 138-139
  47. The Mean Free Path and the Collision Cross Section
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    Pages 139-140
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  48. Collisions with Neutral Particles
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    Pages 141-144
  49. Coulomb Collisions
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    Pages 144-148
  50. The Establishment of Thermal Equilibrium
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    Pages 148-150

About this book

Keywords

physics Plasma state

Authors and affiliations

  • D. A. Frank-Kamenetskii
    • 1
  1. 1.Kurchatov Institute of Atomic EnergyAcademy of Sciences of the USSRMoscowRussia

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01552-8
  • Copyright Information Plenum Press, New York 1972
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-01554-2
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-01552-8
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