"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Plasmas in space and in the laboratory -- 1.1. Plasmas in nature and in the laboratory -- 1.2. Solar plasmas -- 1.3. The Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere -- 1.4. Plasma physics and space technology -- 1.5. Commentaries and further re…
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Prelude to volume two -- 1.1. Plasma, magnetised, parameters -- 1.2. Low frequency, flute mode ordering -- 1.3. Drifts, ExB flow, currents -- 1.4. Polarisation and quasineutrality -- 1.5. Turbulence -- 1.6. Turbulence in magnetised plasmas -- 1.7. Kinetic theory, turbulence, and MHD instabilities2. Effects of the electro…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the physical models for plasmas -- 2. Elements of plasma kinetic theory -- 2.1. The Boltzmann equation -- 2.2. Relaxation model for molecular collisions -- 2.3. The Boltzmann collision integral -- 2.4. Commentaries and further reading3. Hydrodynamic description of plasmas -- 3.1. The moments of Boltzman…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Fusion plasma generalities. 1. Magnetically confined plasma for fusion energy -- 1.1. Worldwide energy needs and fusion plants -- 1.2. Fusion products and energy balance -- 1.3. Magnetic field and confinement -- 1.4. Magnetic mirror and confinement -- 1.5. Plasma as a state of matter -- 1.6. Plasma kinetic theory --…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…