1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008971690403321

Titolo

Helmantica : Revista de filología clásica y hebrea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salamanca, : Universidad Pontificia

ISSN

0018-0114

Lingua di pubblicazione

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300155603321

Autore

Sentis Rémi

Titolo

Mathematical Models and Methods for Plasma Physics, Volume 1 : Fluid Models / / by Rémi Sentis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03804-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology, , 2164-3679

Disciplina

530.440724

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Plasma (Ionized gases)

Physics

Differential equations, Partial

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Plasma Physics

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Partial Differential Equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction. Some Plasma characteristic quantities -- Chapter 2. Quasi-neutrality. Magneto-hydrodynamics -- Chapter 3.



Laser propagation. Coupling with ion acoustic waves -- Chapter 4. Langmuir waves and Zakharov equations -- Chapter 5. Coupling electron waves and laser waves -- Chapter 6. Models with several species -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph is dedicated to the derivation and analysis of fluid models occurring in plasma physics. It focuses on models involving quasi-neutrality approximation, problems related to laser propagation in a plasma, and coupling plasma waves and electromagnetic waves. Applied mathematicians will find a stimulating introduction to the world of plasma physics and a few open problems that are mathematically rich. Physicists who may be overwhelmed by the abundance of models and uncertain of their underlying assumptions will find basic mathematical properties of the related systems of partial differential equations. A planned second volume will be devoted to kinetic models.                                                                                                                                                        First and foremost, this book mathematically derives certain common fluid models from more general models. Although some of these derivations may be well known to physicists, it is important to highlight the assumptions underlying the derivations and to realize that some seemingly simple approximations turn out to be more complicated than they look. Such approximations are justified using asymptotic analysis wherever possible. Furthermore, efficient simulations of multi-dimensional models require precise statements of the related systems of partial differential equations along with appropriate boundary conditions. Some mathematical properties of these systems are presented which offer hints to those using numerical methods, although numerics is not the primary focus of the book.