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
6 The elementary plasma processes
6.1 The elastic collisions of electrons
6.2 The inelastic collisions of electrons
6.2.1 Excitation
6.2.2 Ionization
6.2.3 Electron losses
6.2.4 Electron and ion recombination
6.2.5 Electron attachment and detachment
6.3 The collisions of ions and molecules
6.4 Interaction of charges with solid surfaces
6.4.1 Thermionic electron emission
6.4.2 Secondary electron emission by ion impact
6.4.3 Secondary electron emission by electron impact
6.5 Commentaries and further reading
References
Appendix
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