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Divided into three main parts, the book guides the reader to an understanding of the basic concepts in this fascinating field of research. Part 1 introduces you to the fundamental concepts of simulation. It examines one-dimensional electrostatic codes and electromagnetic codes, and describes the numerical methods and analysis. Part 2 explores the mathematics and physics behind the algorithms used in Part 1. In Part 3, the authors address some of the more complicated simulations in two and three dimensions. The book introduces projects to encourage practical work Readers can download plasma modeling and simulation software — the ES1 program — with implementations for PCs and Unix systems along with the original FORTRAN source code. Now available in paperback, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation is an ideal complement to plasma physics courses and for self-study.

Divided into three main parts, the book guides the reader to an understanding of the basic concepts in this fascinating field of research. Part 1 introduces you to the fundamental concepts of simulation. It examines one-dimensional electrostatic codes and electromagnetic codes, and describes the numerical methods and analysis. Part 2 explores the mathematics and physics behind the algorithms used in Part 1. In Part 3, the authors address some of the more complicated simulations in two and three dimensions. The book introduces projects to encourage practical work Readers can download plasma modeling and simulation software — the ES1 program — with implementations for PCs and Unix systems along with the original FORTRAN source code. p-BodyText2Now available in paperback, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation is an ideal complement to plasma physics courses and for self-study.

Computer simulation is now widely recognized as a powerful tool and useful method at the current stage of research in space plasma physics. The expected role of computer simulation is to bridge the existing gap between theories and experiments/observations and to give a profound physical insight into highly tangled and nonlinearly coupled space plasma phenomena. One of the goals of space plasma physics in 1980's and 1990's is to elucidate the quantitative causal relationships of global and local energy flows in space plasma environment and establish the space plasma physics via cooperative studies among three important elements of observations, theories and computer simulations. Based on such recognition, Dr. M. Ashour-Abdalla (UCLA/USA), Dr. R. Gendrin (CNET/FRANCE) and both of us met together at the 20th General Assembly of URSI at Washington D. C. in 1981 to discuss what we should do and what we could do, reaching a conclusion that it is time to establish an International School of Space Simulations (ISSS). The objectives of the ISSS thus organized are firstly to educate and stimulate graduate students and young sCientists, secondly to exchange information on updated simulation techniques and thirdly to have mutual discussions among observational, theoretical and simulational scientists in the field of space physics. The first ISSS were organized by Prof. P. Coleman, Prof. T. Obayashi, Dr. H. Okuda in addition to the above four members. The first ISSS was held at Kansai Seminar House in Kyoto from Nov. I to Nov. 12, 1982.

Annotation The study of non-neutral plasmas in traps is the keystone that connects parts of atomic and molecular physics, fluid dynamics, condensed matter physics, astrophysics, and antimatter physics with a variety of technologies such as atomic clocks, cyclotron mass spectrometers and a new standard for a pressure gauge, coherent radiation sources, accelerators, and fusion. Among the topics in 32 papers: long ion plasma confinement times with a "rotating wall"; pressure measurement using a pure electron plasma; and laser-cooled trapped-ion experiments at NIST. Includes an introduction by C.W. Roberson. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

At the Conference in Oberwolfach organized by Prof. R. Kress and Prof. J. Wick questions on mathematical methods of plasmaphysics were being dealt with. This book contains the papers presented at this Conference by the following mathematicians and physicists: Klaus Elsasser, K. Graf Finck von Finckenstein, R.J. Gribben, E.J. Parkes, R. Keil, K. Knorr/M. Mond, S. Kuhn, H. Schamel, G. Spindler, B. Steffen, P. Vachenauer, J. Vogel, H.U. Schmidt/ R. Wegmann, J. Denavit, H. Neunzert/J. Wick, and Sh. Kaniel."

Annotation Presents the 11 invited lectures of the symposium. The topics include thermal equilibrium properties of non-neutral plasma in the weak coupling approximation, the possibility of a steady- state Tokamak, and the magnetohydrodynamic Rankine-Hugoniot relations. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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