Statistical Plasma Physics, Volume Ii: Condensed Plasmas (Frontiers in Physics)

Ichimaru, Setsuo

ISBN 10: 0201554917 / ISBN 13: 9780201554915

Published by Basic Books, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statistical Plasma Physics, Volume Ii: Condensed Plasmas (Frontiers in Physics)
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201554917
• ISBN 13: 9780201554915
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The aim of this book is to elucidate a number of basic topics in the physics of dense plasmas interfacing with condensed matter physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. Key topics include equations of states and phase processes, which are all affected by the strong exchange and Coulomb correlations in condensed plasmas. Astrophysical dense plasmas are those found in the interiors, surfaces, and outer envelopes of such astronomical objects as neutron stars, white dwarfs, the Sun, brown dwarfs, and giant planets. Condensed plasmas in laboratory settings include metals and alloys (solid, amorphous, liquid, and compressed), semiconductors (electrons, holes, and their droplets), and various realizations of dense plasmas (shock-compressed, diamond-anvil cell, metal vaporization, pinch discharges, and so on). Every effort has been expended to make the presentation in this volume as self-contained as possible.

About the Author

Setsuo Ichimaru received his Ph.D from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a faculty member at the University of Illinois, and at the University of Tokyo. Professor Ichimaru is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Japanese Physical Society, the Japanese Astronomical Society, and the International Astronomical Union. He is the author of Basic Principles of Plasma Physics, and Plasma Physics: An Introduction to Statistical Physics of Charged Particles.