Plasma physics has matured rapidly as a discipline, and now impinges on many different research areas, including manufacturing processes. The text treats astrophysical plasmas, fusion plasmas, industrial plasmas and low temperature plasmas as aspects of the same discipline; this unique approach is made possible by the abbreviated nature of a formulary.
The collection of all relevant formulae and an up-to-date set of references is giving this book broad appeal and comprehensive authority. To both theorists and experimentalists it will be genuinely useful in a pragmatic, practical way, with the latest results and findings incorporated.
From the Contents: Basic Plasma Parameters, Plasma Waves; Plasma Flows and Instabilities; Ionization; Emission; Physical Plasmas; Mathematics