Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
The
PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic Theory and
Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas : Kinetic Description of a Plasma, Equilibrium
and Fluctuations, Linear Theory: Plasma Waves, Landau Damping and Kinetic
Instablities, Energy, Entropy, Free Energy, Heating, Irreversibility and Phase
Mixing, General Kinetic Stability Theory, Nonlinear Theory: Two Pretty Nuggets,
Quasilinear Theory, Kinetics of Quasiparticles, Langmuir Turbulence, Stochastic
Echo and Phase-Space Turbulence, MHD Equations, MHD in a Straight Magnetic
Field, MHD Relaxation, MHD Stability and Instabilities.
Kinetic
transport equations are mathematical descriptions of the dynamics of large
particle ensembles in terms of a phase space (i.e. position-velocity space)
distribution function. The PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic
Transport Theory : A formal derivation of the Boltzmann equation, Formal
properties and macroscopic limits, Velocity averaging, Global existence for the
Boltzmann equation.
The
PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic Theory and
Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas : Kinetic Description of a Plasma, Equilibrium
and Fluctuations, Linear Theory: Plasma Waves, Landau Damping and Kinetic
Instablities, Energy, Entropy, Free Energy, Heating, Irreversibility and Phase
Mixing, General Kinetic Stability Theory, Nonlinear Theory: Two Pretty Nuggets,
Quasilinear Theory, Kinetics of Quasiparticles, Langmuir Turbulence, Stochastic
Echo and Phase-Space Turbulence, MHD Equations, MHD in a Straight Magnetic
Field, MHD Relaxation, MHD Stability and Instabilities.
These are the notes for lectures on Kinetic Theory and Statistical
Physics, being part of the 2nd-year course at Oxford. Topics covered includes:
Basic Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, From Local to Global Equilibrium
(Transport Equations) , Kinetic Calculation of Transport Coefficients,
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics , Statistical Mechanics of Simple Systems ,
Open Systems, Quantum Gases, Thermodynamics of Real Gases.
This book covers the
following topics: Foundations Of The Hypothesis, Pressure Of Gases, Maxwell's
Law, Ideal And Actual Gases, Molecular And Atomic Energy, Molecular Free Paths,
Viscosity Of Gases, Diffusin Of Gases and Conduction Of Heat.