PREFACE
　1.INTRODUCTION
　1.General Properties of Plasmas
　2.Criteria for the Definition of a Plasma
　3.The Occurrence of Plasmas in Nature
　4.Applications of Plasma Physics
　5.Theoretical Description of Plasma Phenomena
　Problems
　2.CHARGED PARTIE MOTION IN CONSTANT AND UNIFORM UNIFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
　1.Introduction
　2.Energy Conservation
　3.Uniform Electrostatic Field
　4.Uniform Magnetostatic Field
　5.Uniform Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Fields
　6.Drift Due to an External Force PREFACE
　1.INTRODUCTION
　1.General Properties of Plasmas
　2.Criteria for the Definition of a Plasma
　3.The Occurrence of Plasmas in Nature
　4.Applications of Plasma Physics
　5.Theoretical Description of Plasma Phenomena
　Problems
　2.CHARGED PARTIE MOTION IN CONSTANT AND UNIFORM UNIFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
　1.Introduction
　2.Energy Conservation
　3.Uniform Electrostatic Field
　4.Uniform Magnetostatic Field
　5.Uniform Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Fields
　6.Drift Due to an External Force
　Problems
　3.CHARGED PARTICLE MOTION IN NONUNIFORM MAGNETOSTATIA FIELDS
　1.Introduction
　2.Spatial Variation of the Magnetic Field
　3.Equation of Motionin the First-Order Approximation
　4.Average Force Over One Gyration Period
　5.Gradient Drift
　6.Parallel Acceleration of the Guiding Center
　7.Curvature Drift
　8.Combined Gradient-Curvature Drift
　Problems
　4.CHARGED PARTICLE MOTION IN TIME-VARYING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
　1.Introduction
　2.Slowly Time-Varying Electric Field
　3.Electric Field with Arbitrary Time Variation
　4.Time-Varying Magnetic Field and Space-Varying Electric Field
　5.Summary of Guiding Center Drifts and Current Densities
　Problems
　5.ELEMENTS OF PLASMA KINETIC THEORY
　1.Introduction
　2.Phase Space
　3.Distribution Function
　4.Number Density and Average Velocity
　5.The Boltzmann Equation
　6.Relaxation Model for the Collision Term
　7.The Vlasov Equation
　Problems
　6.AVERAGE VALUES AND MACROSCOPIC VARIABLES
　1.Average Value of a Physical Quantity
　2.Average Velocity and Peculiar Velocity
　3.Flux
　4.Particle Current Density
　5.Momentum Flow Dyad or Tensor
　6.Pressure Dyad or Tensor
　7.Heat Flow Vector
　8.Heat Flow Triad
　9.Total Energy Flux Triad
　10.Higher Moments of the Distribution Function
　Problems
　7.THE EQUILIBRIUM STATE
　1.The Equilibrium State Distribution Function
　2.The Most Probable Distribution
　3.Mixture of Various Particle Species
　4.Properties of the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Function
　5.Equilibrium in the Presence of an External Force
　6.Degree of Ionization in Equilibrium and the Saha Equation
　Problems
8.MACROSCOPIC TRANSPSRT EQUATIONS
　1.Moments of the Boltzmann Equation
　2.General Transport Equation
　3.Conservation of Mass
　4.Conservation of Momentum
　Conservation of Energy
　6.The Cold Plasma Model
7.The Warm Plasma Model
　Problems
　1.Macroscopic Variables for a Plasma as a Conducting Fluid
　2.Continuity Equation
　3.Equation of Motion
　4.Energy Equation
　5.Elect rodynamic Equations for a Conducting Fluid
　6.Simplified Magnetohydrodynamic Equations
　Problems
　1.Introduction
　2.The Langevin Equation
　3.Linearization of the Langevin Equation
　4.DC Conductivity and Electron Mobility
　5.AC Conductivity and Electron Mobility
　6.Conductivity with Ion Motion
　7.Plasma as a Dielectric Medium
8. Free Electron Diffusion
9.Electron Diffusion in a Magnetic Field
10.Ambipolar Diffusion
11.Diffusion in a Fully Ionized Plasma
　Problems
　1.Electron Plasma Oscillations
　2.The Debye Shielding Problem
　3.Debye Shielding Using the Vlasov Equation
　4.Plasma Sheath
　5.Plasma Probe
　Problems
　1.Fundamental Equations of Magnetohydrodynamics
　2.Magnetic Viscosity and Reynolds Number
　3.Diffusion of Magnetic Field Lines
　4.Freezing of Magnetic Field Lines to the Plasma
　5.Magnetic Pressure
　6.Isobaric Surfaces
　7.Plasma Confinement in a Magnetic Field Problems
14.WLWCTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN FREE SPACE
　1.Introduction
　2.The Equilibrium Pinch
　3.The Bennett Pinch
　4.Dynamic Model of the Pinch
　5.Instabilities in a Pinched Plasma Column
　6.The Sausage Instability
　7.The Kink Instability
　8.Convex Field Configurations
　Problems
15.MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES
　1.The Wave Equation
　2.Solution in Plane Waves
　3.Harmonic Waves
　4.Polarization
　5.Energy Flow
　6.Wave Packets and Group Velocity
　Problems
16.WAVES IN COLD PLASMAS
　1.Introduction
　2.MHD Equations for a Compressible
　3.Propagation Perpendicular to the Magnetic Field
　4.Propagation Parallel to the Magnetic Field
　5.Propagation at Arbitrary Directions
　6.Effect of Displacement Current
　7.Damping of MHD Waves Problems
　5.Wave Propagation in Magnetized Cold Plasmas
　6.Propagation Parallel to Bo
　7.Propagation Perpendicular to Bo
　8.Propagation at Arbitrary Directions
　9.Some Special Wave Phenomena in Cold Plasmas
　Problems
17.WSVES IN WARM PLASMAS
　1.Introduction
　2.Waves in a Fully Ionized Isotropic Warm Plasma
　3.Basic Equations for Waves in a Warm Magnetoplasma
　4.Waves in a Warm Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field
　5.Waves in a Fully Ionized Warm Magnetoplasma
　6.Summary
　Problems
18.WSVES IN HOT ISOTROPIC PLASMAN
　1.Introduction
　2.Basic Equations
　3.General Results for a Plane Wave
　4.Electrostatic Longitudinal Wave in a Hot Isotropic Plasma
　5.Transverse Wave in a Hot Isotropic Plasma
　6.The Two-Stream Instability
　7.Summary
　Problems
19.WAVES IN HOT MAGNETIZED PLASMAS
　1.Introduction
　2.Wave Propagation Along the Magnetostatic Field in a Hot Plasma
　3.Wave Propagation Across the Magnetostatic Field in a Hot Plasma
　4.Summary
　Problems
20.PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN PLASMAS
　1.Introduction
　2.Binary Collisions
　3.Dynamics of Binary Collisions
　4.Evaluation of the Scattering Angle
　5.Cross Sections
　6.Cross Sections for the Hard Sphere Model
　7.Cross Sections for the Coulomb Potential
　8.Screening of the Coulomb Potential
　Problems
21.THE BOL TZMANN AND THE FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS
　1.Introduction
　2.The Boltzmann Equation
　3.The Boltzmann's H Function
　4.Boltzmann Collision Term for a Weakly Ionized Plasma
　5.The Fokker-Planck Equation
　Problems
22.TPANSPORT PROCESSES IN PLASMAS
　1.Introduction
　2.Electric Conductivity in a Nonmagnetized Plasma
　3.Electric Conductivity in a Magnetized Plasma
　4.Free Diffusion
　5.Diffusion in a Magnetic Field
　6.Heat Flow
Problems
　APPENDIX A
　Useful Vector Relations
　APPENDIX B
　Useful Relations in Cartesian and
　in Curvilinear Coordinates
　APPENDIX C
　Physical Constants (MKSA)
　APPENDIX D
　Conversion Factors for Physical Units
　APPENDIX E
　Some Important Plasma Parameters
　APPENDIX F
Approximate Magnitudes in Some Typical Plasmas
INDEX