Theory of Low-Temperature Plasma Physics

✍ Scribed by Shi Nguyen-Kuok (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 507
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 95
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers the reader an overview of the basic approaches to the theoretical description of low-temperature plasmas, covering numerical methods, mathematical models and modeling techniques. The main methods of calculating the cross sections of plasma particle interaction and the solution of the kinetic Boltzmann equation for determining the transport coefficients of the plasma are also presented. The results of calculations of thermodynamic properties, transport coefficients, the equilibrium particle-interaction cross sections and two-temperature plasmas are also discussed. Later chapters consider applications, and the results of simulation and calculation of plasma parameters in induction and arc plasma torches are presented. The complex physical processes in high-frequency plasmas and arc plasmas, the internal and external parameters of plasma torches, near-electrode processes, heat transfer, the flow of solid particles in plasmas and other phenomena are considered. The book is intended for professionals involved in the theoretical study of low-temperature plasmas and the design of plasma torches, and will be useful for advanced students in related areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The Theoretical Basis of the Low-Temperature Plasma....Pages 1-51
Classical Theory of the Particle Scattering....Pages 53-70
Quantum Mechanical Theory of the Particle Scattering....Pages 71-92
Determination of the Composition, Thermodynamic Properties, and Transport Coefficients on the Basis of the Mean Free Path....Pages 93-121
The Boltzmann Kinetic Equation and Calculation of the Transport Coefficients....Pages 123-158
Numerical Methods of the Plasma Physics....Pages 159-203
The RF Plasma Torches....Pages 205-284
The Arc Plasma Torches....Pages 285-366
Electrode Processes in the Arc Plasma Torches....Pages 367-398
Heat Exchange and Movement of the Solid Particles in the Plasma....Pages 399-430
The Features of the Experimental Methods and Automated Diagnostic Systems of RF and Arc Plasma Torches....Pages 431-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-498

✦ Subjects

Plasma Physics;Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation;Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences