A Plasma Formulary for Physics, Technology and Astrophysics

Declan Diver serves as administrative head of the Astronomy & Astrophysics department of the university of Glasgow. His research focuses on the analysis of plasmas, with particular emphasis on low-temperature gas-plasma mixtures, and high energy pair plasmas in a pulsar environment. He also has a strong lecturing record, teaching courses on spherical trigonometry and positional astronomy, stellar evolution, special and general relativity, cosmology and plasma physics.

BASIC PHYSICAL DATA Basic Physical Units ? Maxwell s Electromagnetic Equations ? Special Relativity ? Physical Constants ? Dimensional Analysis ? Ionization Energies of Gas Phase Molecules ? Characteristic Parameters for Typical Plasmas BASIC PLASMA PARAMETERS Notation ? Natural Timescales ? Natural Scalelengths ? Natural Speeds ? Miscellaneous Parameters ? Non Dimensional Parameters DISCHARGE PLASMAS AND ELEMENTARY PROCESSES Notation ? Plasma Sheath ? Double Layer ? Diffusion Parameters ? Ionization Equilibrium RADIATION Notation ? Radiation from a Moving Point Charge ? Cyclotron and Synchrotron Radiation ? Bremsstrahlung ? Radiation Scattering KINETIC THEORY Notation ? Fundamentals ? Boltzmann Equation ? Maxwellian Distribution ? Vlasov Description ? Collisional Modelling ? Driven Systems PLASMA TRANSPORT Notation ? Basic Definitions ? Binary Collisions ? Particle Dynamics ? Transport Coefficients PLASMA WAVES Notation ? Waves in Cold Plasmas ? Fluid Plasmas ? Waves in Hot Plasmas FLOWS Notation ? Fundamental Results ? Hydromagnetic Flows ? Solar Wind ? Neutral Gas/Magnetized Plasma Flows ? Beams ? Hydromagnetic Shocks ? Ion Acoustic Shock EQUILIBRIA AND INSTABILITIES Notation ? General Considerations ? Fluid Equilibria ? Fluid Instabilities ? Kinetic Instabilities MATHEMATICS Vector Algebra ? Vector Calculus ? Integral Theorems ? Matrices ? Eigenfunctions of the Curl Operator ? Wave Scattering ? Plasma Dispersion Function