Basic Principles Of Plasma Physics: A Statistical Approach

Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Kinetic Equations , Plasmas as Dielectric Media , Longitudinal Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transverse Properties of a Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium , Transient Processes , Instabilities in Homogeneous Plasmas , Instabilities in Inhomogeneous Plasmas , Fluctuations , Relaxation Processes , Plasma Turbulence , Structure of Kinetic Equations , Derivation of the Balescu-Lenard Collision Term , Analytic Properties of the Dielectric Response Function , Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem , Scattering Cross Section of a Many-Particle System in the Born Approximation

The book describes a statistical approach to the basics of plasma physics.