Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas. First, a covariant version of nonquantum kinetic theory is formulated for single-particle (emission and scattering) processes and the collective-medium response. The relativistic quantum treatment is based on solutions of Dirac's equation for an electron in a magnetostatic field, and single-particle processes are treated using a magnetized version of QED. The response of an electron gas is derived by generalizing the derivation of the response of the magnetized vacuum.
| ISBN: | 9781461440444 |
| Publication date: | 20th September 2012 |
| Author: | D B Melrose |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 490 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Astrophysics Plasma physics Atomic and molecular physics Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) |
Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas.
Quantum Plasmadynamics features in the following genres: Astrophysics, Plasma physics, Atomic and molecular physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
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Quantum Plasmadynamics was written by D B Melrose and published by Springer an imprint of Springer New York
Quantum Plasmadynamics has 490 pages
Yes it is part of Lecture Notes in Physics series