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A Plasma Formulary for Physics, Technology and Astrophysics

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Plasma physics has matured rapidly as a scientific and technological discipline
with a vast span of relevant application in many different fields. As a consequence,
no single textbook is able to address all aspects of plasma physics
relevant to such a burgeoning community.

With this reference text I have attempted to bridge the gap between the
excellent variety of traditional, broadly-based plasma books, and more specialist,
device-oriented reference texts. David L Book's NRL Plasma Formulary
was an inspiration, as too was Andre Anders' Formulary for Plasma Physics;
however, I believe that this book offers a different perspective which makes
it complementary to existing handbooks. I have tried to give the reader an
overview of the key aspects of plasma physics without being too specialist in
any particular area. Since this book is not a textbook, there is more room
for not just contemporary findings, but also many traditional established results
from the 1950's and 60's that are not often found in modern texts, and
which are once more becoming important as imperfectly ionised and bounded
plasmas enjoy a resurgence in relevance.

The diverse nature of the plasma science community is matched by a confusing
miscellany of physical units. Throughout this handbook, all formulae
are quoted in both SI and cgs-Guassian units where it is relevant. I hope this
will maximise this book's practicality and utility, and perhaps even assist the
whole community in the smooth transition to using SI units only....

It has been a guiding principle to reference the source (or sources) of any
formula quoted in this book, together with whatever caveats or restrictions
that apply to its use. Where practical I have referenced the original articles,
subject to the important constraint that verifiable sources are accessible to
the general reader. Please accept my apologies in advance for any misquotes
or omissions, and please do let me know about them. As for the formulae
themselves, I am indebted to Prof Ε W Laing for his patient and exacting
examination of the manuscript, which led to the elimination of a very large
number of errors. Thanks are also due to my colleagues Brendan Dowds, Hugh
Potts, Richard Barrett, Graham Woan, Norman Gray and Graeme Stewart,
for answering endless questions on WI^.2£ formatting and graphics, and
pointing out still more howlers in the iih iterate of the book. Despite all this
invaluable and talented assistance, I have no doubt that there remain, lurking
in dark corners of the text, or even brazenly displayed in large, open areas,
errors in physics and formatting. I have no excuse; please let me know, and I
shall make good these mistakes.

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Berlin : WILEY-VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv, 204 Hlm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

3-527-40294-2

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