A Short Introduction to Plasma Physics

Autor: Wiesemann, K.
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: CERN Yellow Report CERN-2013-007, pp.85-122
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.5170/CERN--2013--007.85
Popis: This chapter contains a short discussion of some fundamental plasma phenomena. In section 2 we introduce key plasma properties like quasi-neutrality, shielding, particle transport processes and sheath formation. In section 3 we describe the simplest plasma models: collective phenomena (drifts) deduced from single-particle trajectories and fundamentals of plasma fluid dynamics. The last section discusses wave phenomena in homogeneous, unbounded, cold plasma.
Comment: 38 pages, contribution to the CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Ion Sources, Senec, Slovakia, 29 May - 8 June 2012, edited by R. Bailey, CERN-2013-007
Databáze: arXiv