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Quantum Statistics of Nonideal Plasmas

By Professor Dr. Dietrich Kremp , Professor Dr. Manfred Schlanges , Professor Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Kraeft (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
9783540652847, 3540652841
DOI
10.1007/b137422
ISSN
1615-5653
Open Library ID
OL9062828M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3539776 bytes)
Series
Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 25
Edition
1
Pages
528\534
Topic
Physics\\Plasma Physics
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
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Description

This book deals with the statistical theory of strongly coupled Coulomb systems. After an elementary introduction to the physics of nonideal plasmas, a presentation of the method of (nonequilibrium) Green's functions is given. On this basis, the dielectric, thermodynamic, transport, and relaxation properties are discussed systematically. Especially, the behavior of bound states in the surrounding plasma (lowering of the ionization energy), the ionization kinetics, and the equation of state of dense partially ionized hydrogen are each carefully investigated. Furthermore, generalized kinetic equations are derived which are also valid for short time scales. They are applied to ultra-fast processes and to plasmas in laser fields.

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