Introduction What is plasma? Region of rarefied non-relativistic plasma in the coordinates n, T History of plasma investigations Features of plasma research Fields, particles, blocks (point models) Electromagnetic fields Movement of particles in electromagnetic fields Block ('zero-dimensional') models of plasma systems Elements of classic corpuscular optics (CCO) Dielectric permittivity and waves in homogeneous cold plasma Block models of pulsed plasma systems (pulsed plasma guns and Z-pinches) Simplest models of static magnetic traps One-fluid plasma models Special features of hydrodynamic models Examples of Euler hydrodynamics problems One-fluid magnetic hydrodynamics (MHD) MHD statics Linear MHD waves in homogeneous plasma Stationary plasma flows in the transverse magnetic field Numerical modelling of MHD flows Two-fluid hydrodynamic plasma models Equations of two-fluid hydrodynamics Electron magnetic hydrodynamics. Generalised Ohm's law Hall structures Static configurations in the two-fluid hydrodynamics Linear waves in homogeneous plasma (two-fluid model) Dissipation-free axial-symmetric flows in the two-component hydrodynamics Numerical and experimental studies of (quasi-) steady flows in coaxial systems with the intrinsic magnetic field Dynamics of plasma flows in magnetic fields Collisionless kinetic models of processes in plasma Vlasov-Maxwell equations Initial concepts Vlasov-Maxwell equations 'Static' kinetic configurations Kinetics of waves in plasma at H0 = 0 Oscillations of two-component plasma Quasi-linear approximation Kinetics of two-component plasma in classic collisions Introduction Kinetics of colliding charged particles Transfer equations in two-fluid hydrodynamics Examples of collisional relaxation in Coulomb plasma Effect of the thermal force on equilibrium and heat transfer in plasma configuration Kinetics of departure of plasma particles from traps Plasma optics (hybrid models) Boltzmann-Davydov kinetic equation for electrons in weakly ionised plasma Plasma processes with transformation of particles and radiation Introduction Velocity of transformation processes Elementary radiation processes Radiation transition equation (photon kinetics) Schemes for describing the dynamics of the particles of transforming plasma Radiation value of the ion in the coronal model Volume processes in stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) and their similarity laws Shock waves with radiation Flows of ionising plasma in the coaxial Glow and arc discharges Systems using separated excitation levels of particles Interaction of plasma with the surface of solids Introduction Processes on the surface of the solid Electron boundary layers Examples of boundary processes with heavy particles taking part Surface-determined discharges (using the stationary plasma thruster as the example Examples of near electrode processes Dusty plasma Instabilities and self-organisation of plasma dynamic systems Examples of identical hydrodynamic and plasma instabilities Examples of specific MHD perturbations of plasma systems Modelling equations of 'autonomous' plasma structures ('auto-structures') Stochasticity of the processes in plasma Active methods of stabilising plasma instabilities Processes in cosmos and plasma dynamics Planetary vortices. Spiral nebulas Magnetosphere of the Earth The Sun On the evolution of the stars of the main sequence Examples of modern plasma technologies Plasma generators Plasma in the home Formation of structures on solids by plasma technology Ion and plasma space propulsion engines The problem of controlled thermonuclear fusion (CTF) From generators of multiply-charged ions to the island of stability and black holes in the experiment Appendix A: Comments on the topology of the magnetic field Appendix B: Inertial controlled thermonuclear synthesis using liners Appendix C: Reconnection of lines of force in plasma Appendix D: Ion magnetrons and thrusters with an anodic layer Appendix E: Tokamaks as a possible reactor for D-T synthesis Appendix F: High ss in large tokamaks Appendix G: Ionisation of atoms and ions by electronic impact Literature Index
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