Quantum Plasmadynamics
Magnetized Plasmas
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Quantum Theory, Astrophysics & Space Science
| Author: | Donald Melrose | ISBN: | 9781461440451 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York | Publication: | September 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Melrose |
| ISBN: | 9781461440451 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York |
| Publication: | September 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas. First, a covariant version of nonquantum kinetic theory is formulated for single-particle (emission and scattering) processes and the collective-medium response. The relativistic quantum treatment is based on solutions of Dirac's equation for an electron in a magnetostatic field, and single-particle processes are treated using a magnetized version of QED. The response of an electron gas is derived by generalizing the derivation of the response of the magnetized vacuum.
Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas. First, a covariant version of nonquantum kinetic theory is formulated for single-particle (emission and scattering) processes and the collective-medium response. The relativistic quantum treatment is based on solutions of Dirac's equation for an electron in a magnetostatic field, and single-particle processes are treated using a magnetized version of QED. The response of an electron gas is derived by generalizing the derivation of the response of the magnetized vacuum.
