Beschreibung:
The classical electrodynamics of point charges has a long history. There has arisen a new discipline, now usually called plasma physics. This book's aim is to present an account that would give the reader a firm theoretical grounding in the subject.
Publisher's Foreword , Advanced Book Classics , Special Preface , Preface , Introduction , Electrodynamics , Cerenkov and Gyro Radiation , Dynamical Motion of a Point Charge , Waves in an Ionized Gas: Magneto-Ionic Theory , Plasma Streams , Boltzmann's Equation , Waves in Ionized Gases: Kinetic Theory , Waves in Ionized Gases: Kinetic Theory (Continued) , Microinstabilities , Derivation of Magnetohydrodynamics , Kinetic Equations for Plasmas