Physical Kinetics
Volume 10

L. P. Pitaevskii (Author), E.M. Lifshitz (Author)

9780750626354, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 30 November 1981

464 pages
24 x 16.5 x 2.9 cm, 0.785 kg

This volume is mainly concerned with a systematic development of the theory of plasmas, the authority being firmly rooted in the pioneering work of Landau. Corresponding results are also given for partially ionized plasmas, relativistic plasmas, degenerate or non-ideal plasmas and solid state plasmas.

Kinetic theory of gases
Collisionless plasmas
Plasmas in magnetic fields
Instability theory
Insulators
Quantum liquids
Metals
Superconductors
Index.

Subject Areas: Plasma physics [PHFP]