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Quantum Statistics of Nonideal Plasmas

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Dietrich Kremp

    1. Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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  2. Manfred Schlanges

    1. Institut für Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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  3. Wolf-Dietrich Kraeft

    1. Institut für Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 25)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-6

  3. Introduction to the Physics of Nonideal Plasmas

    Pages 7-64

  4. Quantum Statistical Theory of Charged Particle Systems

    Pages 65-115

  5. Systems with Coulomb Interaction

    Pages 117-178

  6. Bound and Scattering States in Plasmas. Binary Collision Approximation

    Pages 179-235

  7. Thermodynamics of Nonideal Plasmas

    Pages 237-335

  8. Nonequilibrium Nonideal Plasmas

    Pages 337-384

  9. Transport and Relaxation Processes in Nonideal Plasmas

    Pages 385-434

  10. Dense Plasmas in External Fields

    Pages 435-502

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 503-528
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During the last decade impressive development and signi?cant advance of the physics of nonideal plasmas in astrophysics and in laboratories can be observed, creating new possibilities for experimental research. The enormous progress in laser technology, but also ion beam techniques, has opened new ways for the production and diagnosis of plasmas under extreme conditions, relevant for astrophysics and inertially con?ned fusion, and for the study of laser-matter interaction. In shock wave experiments, the equation of state and further properties of highly compressed plasmas can be investigated. This experimental progress has stimulated the further development of the statistical theory of nonideal plasmas. Many new results for thermodynamic and transport properties, for ionization kinetics, dielectric behavior, for the stopping power, laser-matter interaction, and relaxation processes have been achieved in the last decade. In addition to the powerful methods of quantum statistics and the theory of liquids, numerical simulations like path integral Monte Carlo methods and molecular dynamic simulations have been applied.

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"The authors give an in depth and up-to-date study of the physics and mathematics of nonideal plasmas. The emphasis of the book is, therefore, on strongly coupled many-particle systems. … the authors integrate classical theory and quantum statistics to give a full physical description of strongly correlated plasmas. … This is an interesting and well written book that can be a useful source for researchers in the field of plasma physics and quantum statistics. It could also be used as an advanced graduate level textbook." (Stephen Wollman, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2006 e)

"In the present comprehensive work … an introduction is given into the quantum statistics of equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems … . the dynamical, the thermodynamic and the kinetic properties of strongly coupled plasmas are dealt with on a wide scale. … The bibliography at the end of the volume includes relevant monographs and original papers. The book is intended as a graduate-level textbook. But it is also useful to researchers in the field of plasma physics and quantum statistics." (Claudia-Veronika Meister, Zentrablatt MATH, Vol. 1096 (22), 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Dietrich Kremp

  • Institut für Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Manfred Schlanges, Wolf-Dietrich Kraeft

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