"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…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : geometrically confined magnetic systems -- 1.1. Magnetic order, dipoles and fields -- 1.2. Effects due to geometry -- 1.3. Exchange interactions -- 1.4. Anisotropic exchange couplings -- 1.5. Local anisotropies -- 1.6. Theory for linear and nonlinear magnetism -- 1.7. Simulations in magnetismp…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The reactivity of metals based on delocalized electronic states -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The d-band model -- 1.3. The self-consistent model of chemisorption on surfaces -- 1.4. When the surface electronic properties change : models based on Newns-Anderson -- 1.5. The LDOSEF model -- 1.6. Cluster reactivi…
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1 Probability operator and statistical averages -- 1.1 Expectation, density operator and averages -- 1.2 Uniform weight density of wave space -- 1.3 Canonical equilibrium system -- 1.4 Environmental selection -- 1.5 Wave function collapse and the classical universe2 Examples and applications…
"Version: 20160601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Research into and interest in the long air gap discharge -- 1.2. Scope and objectives -- 1.3. Intended audience2. The background of air gap discharge theory -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Ionization phenomena -- 2.3. Cross section and mean free path--elastic collisions -- 2.4. Mobility, di…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductory description of processes related to negative pressure in liquids -- 1.1. A qualitative picture of the formation of discontinuities in a liquid -- 1.2. Negative pressure -- 1.3. The Rayleigh bubble -- 1.4. Zel'dovich-Fisher nucleation -- 1.5. A qualitative description of the processes in a liquid…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…
"Version: 20160701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. My up-close experience -- 2. The United States and Great Britain in World War II -- 3. The physics of fission -- 4. Nazi Germany's failed program -- 5. More bomb physics -- 6. Centrifuges and proliferation : India and Pakistan -- 7. Israel, North Korea and Iran -- 8. Scorpions in a bottle -- 9. L…
"Version: 20141101"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Composition of the atmosphere -- Observed vertical structureThermodynamics of dry air -- Pressure, temperature and the ideal gas law -- Hydrostatic balance -- Atmospheric energy and the first law of thermodynamics -- Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- Static stabilityThermodynamics of moist air -- …