High Temperature Plasmas (eBook)

Karl-Heinz Spatschek is professor at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. After obtaining his PhD from University of Bochum, his research visits included stays at the University of Kyoto (Japan), Oxford (UK) and Maryland (USA). He has been playing a key role in research projects funded by the German Research Foundation. His research concentrates on high temperature plasma physics, nonlinear dynamics and waves, and laser plasma interaction.

Karl-Heinz Spatschek is professor of physics at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Bochum, he took up a position at the University of Essen. His research visits included stays at the University of Kyoto (Japan), Oxford (UK), and Maryland (USA). Professor Spatschek has been playing a key role in research projects funded by the German Research Foundation. He cooperates with the plasma physics group at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. His research concentrates on high-temperature plasma physics, nonlinear dynamics, and laser plasma interaction.

Single Particle Motion
Plasma in Thermodynamic Equilibrium
Kinetic Description of Nonequilibrium Plasmas
Fluid Description
Principles of Linear and Stochastic Transport
Linear Waves and Instabilities
General Theory of Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
Nonlinear Wave Aspects in Laser-Matter Interaction