- •Preface
- •Contents
- •1 Nonideal plasma. Basic concepts
- •1.1 Interparticle interactions. Criteria of nonideality
- •1.1.1 Interparticle interactions
- •1.1.2 Coulomb interaction. Nonideality parameter
- •1.1.4 Compound particles in plasma
- •1.2.2 Metal plasma
- •1.2.3 Plasma of hydrogen and inert gases
- •1.2.4 Plasma with multiply charged ions
- •1.2.5 Dusty plasmas
- •1.2.6 Nonneutral plasmas
- •References
- •2.1 Plasma heating in furnaces
- •2.1.1 Measurement of electrical conductivity and thermoelectromotive force
- •2.1.2 Optical absorption measurements.
- •2.1.3 Density measurements.
- •2.1.4 Sound velocity measurements
- •2.2 Isobaric Joule heating
- •2.2.1 Isobaric heating in a capillary
- •2.2.2 Exploding wire method
- •2.3 High–pressure electric discharges
- •References
- •3.1 The principles of dynamic generation and diagnostics of plasma
- •3.2 Dynamic compression of the cesium plasma
- •3.3 Compression of inert gases by powerful shock waves
- •3.4 Isentropic expansion of shock–compressed metals
- •3.5 Generation of superdense plasma in shock waves
- •References
- •4 Ionization equilibrium and thermodynamic properties of weakly ionized plasmas
- •4.1 Partly ionized plasma
- •4.2 Anomalous properties of a metal plasma
- •4.2.1 Physical properties of metal plasma
- •4.2.2 Lowering of the ionization potential
- •4.2.3 Charged clusters
- •4.2.4 Thermodynamics of multiparticle clusters
- •4.3 Lowering of ionization potential and cluster ions in weakly nonideal plasmas
- •4.3.1 Interaction between charged particles and neutrals
- •4.3.2 Molecular and cluster ions
- •4.3.3 Ionization equilibrium in alkali metal plasma
- •4.4 Droplet model of nonideal plasma of metal vapors. Anomalously high electrical conductivity
- •4.4.1 Droplet model of nonideal plasma
- •4.4.2 Ionization equilibrium
- •4.4.3 Calculation of the plasma composition
- •4.5 Metallization of plasma
- •4.5.3 Phase transition in metals
- •References
- •5.1.1 Monte Carlo method
- •5.1.2 Results of calculation
- •5.1.4 Wigner crystallization
- •5.1.5 Integral equations
- •5.1.6 Polarization of compensating background
- •5.1.7 Charge density waves
- •5.1.8 Sum rules
- •5.1.9 Asymptotic expressions
- •5.1.10 OCP ion mixture
- •5.2 Multicomponent plasma. Results of the perturbation theory
- •5.3 Pseudopotential models. Monte Carlo calculations
- •5.3.1 Choice of pseudopotential
- •5.5 Quasiclassical approximation
- •5.6 Density functional method
- •5.7 Quantum Monte Carlo method
- •5.8 Comparison with experiments
- •5.9 On phase transitions in nonideal plasmas
- •References
- •6.1 Electrical conductivity of ideal partially ionized plasma
- •6.1.1 Electrical conductivity of weakly ionized plasma
- •6.2 Electrical conductivity of weakly nonideal plasma
- •6.3 Electrical conductivity of nonideal weakly ionized plasma
- •6.3.1 The density of electron states
- •6.3.2 Electron mobility and electrical conductivity
- •References
- •7 Electrical conductivity of fully ionized plasma
- •7.1 Kinetic equations and the results of asymptotic theories
- •7.2 Electrical conductivity measurement results
- •References
- •8 The optical properties of dense plasma
- •8.1 Optical properties
- •8.2 Basic radiation processes in rarefied atomic plasma
- •8.5 The principle of spectroscopic stability
- •8.6 Continuous spectra of strongly nonideal plasma
- •References
- •9 Metallization of nonideal plasmas
- •9.1 Multiple shock wave compression of condensed dielectrics
- •9.1.1 Planar geometry
- •9.1.2 Cylindrical geometry
- •9.3 Metallization of dielectrics
- •9.3.1 Hydrogen
- •9.3.2 Inert gases
- •9.3.3 Oxygen
- •9.3.4 Sulfur
- •9.3.5 Fullerene
- •9.3.6 Water
- •9.3.7 Dielectrization of metals
- •9.4 Ionization by pressure
- •References
- •10 Nonneutral plasmas
- •10.1.1 Electrons on a surface of liquid He
- •10.1.2 Penning trap
- •10.1.3 Linear Paul trap
- •10.1.4 Storage ring
- •10.2 Strong coupling and Wigner crystallization
- •10.3 Melting of mesoscopic crystals
- •10.4 Coulomb clusters
- •References
- •11 Dusty plasmas
- •11.1 Introduction
- •11.2 Elementary processes in dusty plasmas
- •11.2.1 Charging of dust particles in plasmas (theory)
- •11.2.2 Electrostatic potential around a dust particle
- •11.2.3 Main forces acting on dust particles in plasmas
- •11.2.4 Interaction between dust particles in plasmas
- •11.2.5 Experimental determination of the interaction potential
- •11.2.6 Formation and growth of dust particles
- •11.3 Strongly coupled dusty plasmas and phase transitions
- •11.3.1 Theoretical approaches
- •11.3.2 Experimental investigation of phase transitions in dusty plasmas
- •11.3.3 Dust clusters in plasmas
- •11.4 Oscillations, waves, and instabilities in dusty plasmas
- •11.4.1 Oscillations of individual particles in a sheath region of gas discharges
- •11.4.2 Linear waves and instabilities in weakly coupled dusty plasmas
- •11.4.3 Waves in strongly coupled dusty plasmas
- •11.4.4 Experimental investigation of wave phenomena in dusty plasmas
- •11.5 New directions in experimental research
- •11.5.1 Investigations of dusty plasmas under microgravity conditions
- •11.5.2 External perturbations
- •11.5.3 Dusty plasma of strongly asymmetric particles
- •11.5.4 Dusty plasma at cryogenic temperatures
- •11.5.5 Possible applications of dusty plasmas
- •11.6 Conclusions
- •References
- •Index
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