Preface
Notation
I.KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
§1.The distribution function
§2.The principle of detailed balancing
§3.The Boltzmann transport equation
§4.The H theorem
§5.The change to macroscopic equations
§6.The transport equation for a slightly inhomogeneous gas
§7.Thermal conduction in the gas
§8.Viscosity in the gas
§9.Symmetry of the kinetic coefficients
§10.Approximate solution of the transport equation
§11.Diffusion of a light gas in a heavy gas
§12.Diffusion of a heavy gas in a light gas
§13.Transport phenomena in a gas in an external field
§14.Phenomena in slightly rarefied gases
§15.Phenomena in highly rarefied gases
§16.Dynamical derivation of the transport equation
§17.The transport equation including three-particle collisions
§18.The virial expansion of the kinetic coefficients
§19.Fluctuations of the distribution function in an equilibrium gas
§20.Fluctuations of the distribution function in a non-equilibrium gas
II.THE DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION
§21.The Fokker-Planck equation
§22.A weakly ionized gas in an electric field
§23.Fluctuations in a weakly ionized non-equilibrium gas
§24.Recombination and ionization
§25.Ambipolar diffusion
§26.Ion mobility in solutions of strong electrolytes
III.COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS
§27.The self-consistent field
§28.Spatial dispersion in plasmas
§29.The permittivity of a collisionless plasma
§30.Landau damping
§31.Permittivity of a Maxwellian plasma
§32.Longitudinal plasma waves
§33.lon-sound waves
§34.Relaxation of the initial perturbation
§35.Plasma echoes
§36.Adiabatic electron capture
§37.Quasi-neutral plasmas
§38.Fluid theory for a two-temperature plasma
§39.Solitons in a weakly dispersing medium
§40.Per mittivity of a degenerate colisionless plasma
IV.COLLISIONS IN PLASMAS
§41.The Landau collision integral
§42.Energy transfer between electrons and ions
§43.Mean free path of plasma particles
§44.Lorentzian plasmas
§45.Runaway electrons
§46.Convergent collision integral:
§47.Interaction via plasma waves
§48.Plasma absorption in the high-frequency limit
§49.Quasi-linear theory of Landau damping
§50.The transport equation for a relativistic plasma
§51.Fluctuations in plasmas
V.PLASMAS IN MAGNETIC FIELDS
§52.Permittivity of a collisionless cold plasma
§53.The distribution function in a magnetic field
§54.Permittivity of a magnetoactive Maxwellian plasma
§55.Landau damping in magnetoactive plamas
§56.Electromagnetic waves in a magnetoactive cold plasma
§57.Effect of thermal motion on electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetoactive plasmas
§58.Equations of fuid dynamics in a magnetoactive plasma
§59.Transport coefficients of a plasma in a strong magnetic field
§60.The drift approximation
VI.INSTABILITY THEORY
§61.Beam instability
§62.Absolute and convective instabilities
§63.Amplification and non-transparency
§64.Instability with weak coupling of the two branches of the oscillation spectrum
§65.Instability in finite systems
VII.INSULATORS
§66.Interaction ot phonons
§67.The transport equation for phonons in an insulator
§68.Thermal conduction in insulators.High temperatures
§69.Thermal conduction in insulators.Low temperatures
§70.Phonon scattering by impurities
§71.Phonon gas dynamics in insulators
§72.Sound absorption in insulators.Long waves
§73.Scund absorption in insulators.Short waves
VIII.OUANTUM LIQUIDS
§74.Transport equation for quasi-particles in a Fermi liquid
§75.Thermal conductivity and viscosity of a Fermi liquid
§77.Transport equation for quasi-particles in a Bose liquid
IX.METALS
§78.Residual resistance
§79.Electron-phonon interaction
§80.Transport coefficients in metals.High temperatures
§81.Umklapp processes in metals
§82.Transport coefficients
