等离子体物理及其空间应用导论—第1卷基本原理和初步过程(英文)

本书分为两部分。第一 部分介绍了诸如分子碰撞、 平均自由程、动力学理论等 主题。接下来是对粒子碰撞 的物理描述，以及有关等离 子体基本过程在原子和分子 水平上的离子和电子的相关 问题。这些问题在航空航天 工程学院的物理课程教学大 纲中并不常见。 第二部分介绍了作为相 互作用的粒子系统的等离子 体的物理描述：动力学理论 和宏观的等离子体传输方程 。在航空航天技术的等离子 物理学的众多应用中，作者 将向读者介绍微波次级电子 倍增冲击和等离子体推进器 的空间推进。

Preface Acknowledgements Author biography Symbols Acronyms 1 Plasmas in space and in the laboratory 1.1 Plasmas in nature and in the laboratgry 1.2 Solar plasmas 1.3 The Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere 1.4 Plasma physics and space technology 1.5 Commentaries and further reading References 2 Ionized gases and plasmas 2.1 Collisions and elementary processes 2.2 Collision length and time scales 2.3 The plasma state of condensed matter 2.4 Additional considerations 2.5 Commentaries and further reading References 3 Basic kinetic theory of neutral gases 3.1 The probabilistic description of gases 3.2 The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution 3.3 Averaging over distributions 3.4 Rate constant and collision frequencies 3.5 The neutral gas in a force field 3.6 Equipartition of energy 3.7 Commentaries and further reading References 4 The ideal plasma parameters 4.1 The ideal Maxwellian plasma 4.2 Elementary processes and steady equilibrium states 4.3 Energy thermalization 4.4 Electric field shielding 4.5 The plasma parameters 4.5.1 The Debye length 4.5.2 The plasma frequency 4.5.3 The plasma and coupling parameters 4.5.4 Magnetized plasmas 4.5.5 Magnetic shielding 4.6 Commentaries and further reading References 5 Particle collisions in plasmas 5.1 The differential cross section 5.2 The effect of velocity distributions 5.3 Elastic collisions in plasmas 5.3.1 Approximate cross section for short-range encounters 5.3.2 The collisions between charged particles 5.4 The momentum transfer cross section 5.5 Electric potential screening 5.6 Commentaries and further reading References