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| View Larger Image | Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
by Francis F. Chen
| | List Price: | $95.00 | | Price: | $76.00 | | You Save: | $19.00 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 73992 | | Studio: | Springer | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 421 | | Publication Date: | May 31, 2006 | | Publisher: | Springer |
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Product Description
This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research. In a wholly lucid manner the work covers single-particle motions, fluid equations for plasmas, wave motions, diffusion and resistivity, Landau damping, plasma instabilities and nonlinear problems. For students, this outstanding text offers a painless introduction to this important field; for teachers, a large collection of problems; and for researchers, a concise review of the fundamentals as well as original treatments of a number of topics never before explained so clearly. This revised edition contains new material on kinetic effects, including Bernstein waves and the plasma dispersion function, and on nonlinear wave equations and solitons. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 11 reviews)
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First Look at Plasma and Modeling Plasma Behavior 
This book "Part I" is an excellent read to get a first look at plasma and modeling plasma behavior. The author has adequately illustrated the concepts, terminology and relevant mathematics with simple figures and appropriate reference to fluids and electromagnetism fundamentals.
June 29, 2008 | |
Better than Bittencourt. 
Good solid introduction to plasma physics. Fairly general introduction geared towards advanced undergraduates and grad students. There are better books which concentrate on applications, both of which I own. Sturrock for geophysical and earth plasma physics and Kulsrud for astrophysics.
July 04, 2007 | |
Plasma physicists do it with confinement
I took an intro to plasma physics class using this book at the undergraduate level - and this book was perfect. It has a good blend of experimental evidence, theory, and math. The derivations are really good, you can follow along in the margins. The pictures are clear and beautiful, the page layout easy on the eyes. This is not a graduate text, but aimed at the advanced undergrad level. You should already know calculus, complex analysis, EM, and linear algebra before learning this material.
February 10, 2007 | |
Clearly and simplified
The texts of this book are not long,but are very clear in physics concepts and are simplied:
1.All important math steps to prove the physics are mentioned(not released to the reader) in simplied way so that readers can know clearly both the math steps and physics meanings without being buffered by complecated math steps.
2.The author mentioned clearly the physics meaning of any equation.
I am a bachalor of physics,such kind of textbook(clear and simple and friendly) I had had only two:textbook named "Introduction to Electrodynamic" and "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" written by famous author,Mr. Grify.
As a result,I think it is a very good textbook,at least for students who start to learn plamsa physics.
January 24, 2007 | |
Really not a graduate text 
I picked up this book for my graduate plasma 1 class alongside Goldston's book. The material is geared towards undergrads and would have been great had I picked up the book two years ago. Instead I found that I hardly opened Chen and stuck with Goldston or course notes. So if you are an undergrad or someone who is just generally interested in plasma physics this is probably what you should be buying. If you are a grad student and don't have it already then there is a decent chance that if you buy this book all you will get out of it is a warm feeling in your heart from knowing that you have the same book on your shelf that every other plasma physicist has.
January 04, 2007 | |
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