Analytical Classical Dynamics (PDF 315p)

Draft Material for Fundamentals of Plasma Physics book

The primary objective of this book is to present and develop the fundamentals and principal applications of plasma physics, with an emphasis on what is usually called high-temperature plasma physics where the plasma is nearly fully ionized with nearly negligible effects of neutral particles on the plasma behavior. Topics covered includes: Fundamental Processes in Plasmas, various types of waves that occur in stable plasmas, Plasma kinetic theory and its applications, The equilibrium and stability properties of a plasma, nonlinear plasma theory, and to plasma turbulence and the anomalous transport.

Author(s): James D. Callen, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Introduction to Plasma Physics I

This note covers the following topics: plasma shielding, plasma parameter, occurrence of plasmas, different descriptions of plasma, motion of charged particles in fields, collisions in plasmas, fluid description of plasma, electromagnetic waves in plasmas.

Author(s): Prof. Ian Hutchinson and Prof. Jeffrey Freidberg

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Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics (PDF 201p)

This note covers the following topics: Probability theory, Statistical mechanics, Heat and work, Statistical thermodynamics, Classical thermodynamics , Applications of statistical thermodynamics and Quantum statistics

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Analytical Classical Dynamics (PDF 315p)

This note explains the following topics: Newton’s Laws of Motion, One-Dimensional Motion, Multi-Dimensional Motion, Planetary Motion,Two-Body Dynamics, Rotating Reference Frames, Rigid Body Rotation, Lagrangian Dynamics, Hamiltonian Dynamics, Coupled Oscillations, Gravitational Potential Theory, The Three-Body Problem, Lunar Motion, The Chaotic Pendulum, Vector Algebra and Vector Calculus.

Author(s): Richard Fitzpatrick

315 Pages