"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Modeling approaches for gas discharge plasmas -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Boltzmann kinetic equation and derivation of balance equations for the density, momentum, and energy of plasma particles -- 1.3. Two-fluid equations for plasma -- 1.4. Fluid equations of plasma in drift-diffusion approximation -- 1.5. Limitation…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introductory description of processes related to the negative pressure in liquids -- 1.1. A qualitative picture of the formation of discontinuities in a liquid -- 1.2. Negative pressure -- 1.3. Rayleigh bubble -- 1.4. Viscosity accounting in Rayleigh's equation for a bubble in a liquid -- 1.5. Dynamics of a bubble in t…
"Version: 20210301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Overview : magnetised plasma dynamics -- 1.1. Dynamics in plasmas -- 1.2. Magnetised plasmas -- 1.3. Outline of the work2. Introduction to turbulence -- 2.1. Statistical nonlinearity and cascade dynamics -- 2.2. Eddy mitosis and the cascade model -- 2.3. The statistical nature of turbulence -- 2.4. Quadratic …
"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Glossary of acronyms -- Introduction -- Symmetries : discrete and continuous -- Hadronic physics : the quark-parton model -- The new particles : discovery and study -- The standard model and beyond : where we are and where we are going -- Appendix A. Quantum mechanics -- Appendix B. Scatteri…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The carbon atom -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electronic configuration and covalent bonding between carbon atoms -- 1.3. Carbon allotropes -- 1.4. Bonding energy and energy bands -- 1.5. Summary -- 1.6. Exercises2. Diamond -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Introduction to diamond -- 2.3. Band structure of diamond -- 2.4. Sup…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Kinetic theory -- 1. Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics -- 2. The two-term Boltzmann equation -- 3. Multi-term and non-local electron Boltzmann equation -- 4. Particle-based simulation of plasmas -- 5. The ergodic method : plasma dynamics through a sequence of equilibrium statespart II. Fl…