by V.A. Rozhansky
and L.D. Tsendin

This book presents a systematic survey and analysis of the main mechanisms of transport phenomena in plasma and gives examples of gradually increasing complexity to illustrate these mechanisms and the relationships between them. The author pays special attention to the analysis of experimental measurements and considers the relevant processes analytically as well as qualitatively.

The majority of problems dealt with in this book are of considerable practical interest, and the phenomena described often determine the main characteristics of processes and devices. Transport Phenomena in Partially Ionized Plasma will be of interest to researchers who need to know the properties of real, specific systems, as well as to engineers and advanced students in the physics of plasmas, semiconductors, various types of gas discharges and the ionosphere.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Transport Equations
3. Sheath Structure and Effective Boundary Conditions for Plasma Equations
4. Transport Processes in the Absence of Magnetic Field
5. One-Dimensional Diffusion in a Magnetized Plasma
6. Diffusion of Unbounded Plasma in Magnetic Field
7. Diffusion of a Bounded Weakly Ionized Magnetized Plasma
8. Thermodiffusion in Magnetic Field
9. Influence of Net Current through Plasma Inhomogeneity on its Evolution on Absence of Magnetic Field
10. Inhomogenieties in Currentless Multispecies Plasmas with Great Distinction in Partial Temperatures
11. Evolution of Magnetized Plasma in Presence of Net Current
12. Electron Energy Transport

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