Overview
- Covers the major developments in theoretical and experimental physics of complex plasmas
- Integrates plasma and surface science
- Both a study text for graduate students and a reference work for researchers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 59)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Strongly Coupled and Dusty Plasmas
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Front Matter
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Reactive Plasmas, Plasma–Surface Interaction, and Technological Applications
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Front Matter
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Reactive Plasmas, Plasma-Surface Interaction, Technological Applications
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About this book
Complex plasmas differ from traditional plasmas in many ways: these are low-temperature high pressure systems containing nanometer to micrometer size particles which may be highly charged and strongly interacting. The particles may be chemically reacting or be in contact with solid surfaces, and the electrons may show quantum behaviour. These interesting properties have led to many applications of complex plasmas in technology, medicine and science.
Yet complex plasmas are extremely complicated, both experimentally and theoretically, and require a variety of new approaches which go beyond standard plasma physics courses. This book fills this gap presenting an introduction to theory, experiment and computer simulation in this field. Based on tutorial lectures at a very successful recent Summer Institute, the presentation is ideally suited for graduate students, plasma physicists and experienced undergraduates.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Complex Plasmas
Editors: Michael Bonitz, Norman Horing, Patrick Ludwig
Series Title: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10592-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10591-3Published: 05 August 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26427-6Published: 13 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-10592-0Published: 29 July 2010
Series ISSN: 1615-5653
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6791
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 450
Number of Illustrations: 149 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Electrochemistry, Engineering, general, Plasma Physics