Computer Applications in Plasma Science and Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Background and Introduction

   • Adam T. Drobot

   Pages 1-6

3. Particle Simulation Techniques

   • Charles K. Birdsall, A. Bruce Langdon

   Pages 7-41

4. Diodes and Magnetic Insulation

   • Jeffrey P. Quintenz, David B. Seidel

   Pages 42-93

5. Three-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell and Electromagnetic Simulations

   • Alan Mankofsky, Adam T. Drobot

   Pages 94-147

6. Charged Particle Beam Propagation

   • Martin Lampe, Glenn Joyce

   Pages 148-177

7. Computer Programs for High-Current Beam Transport in Accelerators

   • Brendan B. Godfrey

   Pages 178-205

8. The Physics of Codes

   • Richard K. Cooper

   Pages 206-229

9. The Numerical Simulation of Accelerator Components

   • William B. Herrmannsfeldt, Harold Hanerfeld

   Pages 230-246

10. Nonlinear Analysis and Modeling of Free-Electron Laser and Microwave Devices

    • Henry P. Freund

    Pages 247-271

11. The Source Dependent Expansion Method and Radiation Focusing in the Free Electron Laser

    • Antonio Ting, Philip Sprangle, Cha-Mei Tang

    Pages 272-290

12. Inertial Confinement Fusion: Computer Simulation

    • Robert L. McCrory, Charles P. Verdon

    Pages 291-325

13. Comments on Ionization Dynamics, Radiation Emission, and Dense Plasma Effects in Hot Plasmas

    • Jack Davis

    Pages 326-358

14. Physical Effects and Numerical Simulation of X-Ray Transport in Plasmas

    • John P. Apruzese

    Pages 359-380

15. Simulation of Transport in Tokamaks

    • Glenn Bateman

    Pages 381-401

16. Models of Plasma Wall Interactions

    • Douglass E. Post

    Pages 402-421

17. Numerical Models for High Beta Magnetohydrodynamic Flow

    • Jeremiah U. Brackbill

    Pages 422-457

This volume, which contains 15 contributions, is based on a minicourse held at the 1987 IEEE Plasma Science Meeting. The purpose of the lectures in the course was to acquaint the students with the multidisciplinary nature of computational techniques and the breadth of research areas in plasma science in which computation can address important physics and engineering design issues. These involve: electric and magnetic fields, MHD equations, chemistry, radiation, ionization etc. The contents of the contributions, written subsequent to the minicourse, stress important aspects of computer applications. They are: 1) the numerical methods used; 2) the range of applicability; 3) how the methods are actually employed in research and in the design of devices; and, as a compendium, 4) the multiplicity of approaches possible for any one problem. The materials in this book are organized by both subject and applications which display some of the richness in computational plasma physics.

• Computational techniques
• Computer applications
• Natur
• Plasma Science
• chemistry
• computer
• design
• display
• physics
• science
• Engineering Economics

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  Adam T. Drobot

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