Theory of Low-Temperature Plasma Physics [Hardcover]

This book offers the reader an overview of the basic approaches to the theoretical description of low-temperature plasmas, covering numerical methods, mathematical models and modeling techniques. The main methods of calculating the cross sections of plasma particle interaction and the solution of the kinetic Boltzmann equation for determining the transport coefficients of the plasma are also presented. The results of calculations of thermodynamic properties, transport coefficients, the equilibrium particle-interaction cross sections and two-temperature plasmas are also discussed. Later chapters consider applications, and the results of simulation and calculation of plasma parameters in induction and arc plasma torches are presented. The complex physical processes in high-frequency plasmas and arc plasmas, the internal and external parameters of plasma torches, near-electrode processes, heat transfer, the flow of solid particles in plasmas and other phenomena are considered. The book is intended for professionals involved in the theoretical study of low-temperature plasmas and the design of plasma torches, and will be useful for advanced students in related areas.

Foreword.

Chapter 1 Basic mathematical models of Low-temperature plasma.
1.1 The main approaches to the theoretical description of the plasma. 1.2 The model of equilibrium plasma.  1.3 The two-temperature model of non-equilibrium plasma. 1.4 The two-speed model of the plasma. 1.5 The gas-dynamic models of plasma turbulence. 1.6 The models of the light emission and absorption by the plasma.

Chapter 2 Classical calculation of particle interaction cross sections.
2.1 The classical problem of particles scattering. 2.2 Determination of the interaction cross sections of the plasma particles.

Chapter 3 The quantum-mechanical description of the particles scattering theory.
3.1 The Schrodinger equation. 3.2 SolutiolÃ2