Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
Kinetic Theory and Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas
The
PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic Theory and
Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas : Kinetic Description of a Plasma, Equilibrium
and Fluctuations, Linear Theory: Plasma Waves, Landau Damping and Kinetic
Instablities, Energy, Entropy, Free Energy, Heating, Irreversibility and Phase
Mixing, General Kinetic Stability Theory, Nonlinear Theory: Two Pretty Nuggets,
Quasilinear Theory, Kinetics of Quasiparticles, Langmuir Turbulence, Stochastic
Echo and Phase-Space Turbulence, MHD Equations, MHD in a Straight Magnetic
Field, MHD Relaxation, MHD Stability and Instabilities.
This note covers Molecular description of gases,
Molecular quantities and macroscopic gas parameters,
Gas laws, Collision frequency,
Free molecular, transitional, and continuum flow regimes,
Transfer of molecular quantities, Transfer equation,
Diffusion, viscous drag, and heat conduction.
The
PDF book has a number of articles related to the following topics related to
Kinetic Theory and Swarming Tools to Modeling Complex Systems : Kinetic Theory
and Swarming Tools to Modeling Complex Systems - Symmetry problems in the
Science of Living Systems, On the Complex Interaction between Collective
Learning and Social Dynamics, Diffusive and Anti-Diffusive Behavior for Kinetic
Models of Opinion Dynamics, Forecasting Efficient Risk/Return Frontier for
Equity Risk with a KTAP Approach - A Case Study in Milan Stock Exchange,
Numerical Simulation of a Multiscale Cell Motility Model Based on the Kinetic
Theory of Active Particles, Kinetic Model for Vehicular Traffic with Continuum
Velocity and Mean Field Interactions, A Critical Analysis of Behavioural Crowd
Dynamics—From a Modelling Strategy to Kinetic Theory Methods, Particle Methods
Simulations by Kinetic Theory Models of Human Crowds Accounting for Stress
Conditions.
Kinetic
transport equations are mathematical descriptions of the dynamics of large
particle ensembles in terms of a phase space (i.e. position-velocity space)
distribution function. The PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic
Transport Theory : A formal derivation of the Boltzmann equation, Formal
properties and macroscopic limits, Velocity averaging, Global existence for the
Boltzmann equation.
The
PDF covers the following topics related to Kinetic Theory and
Magnetohydrodynamics of Plasmas : Kinetic Description of a Plasma, Equilibrium
and Fluctuations, Linear Theory: Plasma Waves, Landau Damping and Kinetic
Instablities, Energy, Entropy, Free Energy, Heating, Irreversibility and Phase
Mixing, General Kinetic Stability Theory, Nonlinear Theory: Two Pretty Nuggets,
Quasilinear Theory, Kinetics of Quasiparticles, Langmuir Turbulence, Stochastic
Echo and Phase-Space Turbulence, MHD Equations, MHD in a Straight Magnetic
Field, MHD Relaxation, MHD Stability and Instabilities.
These are the notes for lectures on Kinetic Theory and Statistical
Physics, being part of the 2nd-year course at Oxford. Topics covered includes:
Basic Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, From Local to Global Equilibrium
(Transport Equations) , Kinetic Calculation of Transport Coefficients,
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics , Statistical Mechanics of Simple Systems ,
Open Systems, Quantum Gases, Thermodynamics of Real Gases.
This book
is written by William Pingry Boynton and presupposes a moderate acquaintance with the
fundamentals of physics and chemistry, and a mathematical equipment involving
familiarity with the differential calculus and at least the notation of the
integral calculus.
The main
object of this book is to formulate a Kinetic Theory of certain properties of
matter, which shall apply equally well to matter in any state. The book has also
been brought up to date in matters not connected with molecular collision, and
has been treated in a way so that the results are connected as directly as
possible with the results of experiment.
This is a graduate course on topics in
non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. It was given to masters students and PhD
students in the fall of 2012. The full set of lecture notes are a little shy of
100 pages. They can be downloaded below. This covers the following: Things
Bumping Into Other Things, Kinetic Theory, Stochastic Processes, Linear
Response