Computational Plasma Science

Author : Toshi Tajima
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429981104

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Computational Plasma Physics by Toshi Tajima Pdf

The physics of plasmas is an extremely rich and complex subject as the variety of topics addressed in this book demonstrates. This richness and complexity demands new and powerful techniques for investigating plasma physics. An outgrowth from his graduate course teaching, now with corrections, Tajima's text provides not only a lucid introduction to computational plasma physics, but also offers the reader many examples of the way numerical modeling, properly handled, can provide valuable physical understanding of the nonlinear aspects so often encountered in both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Included here are computational methods for modern nonlinear physics as applied to hydrodynamic turbulence, solitons, fast reconnection of magnetic fields, anomalous transports, dynamics of the sun, and more. The text contains examples of problems now solved using computational techniques including those concerning finite-size particles, spectral techniques, implicit differencing, gyrokinetic approaches, and particle simulation.

Author : Stephen Jardin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1439810958

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Computational Methods in Plasma Physics by Stephen Jardin Pdf

Assuming no prior knowledge of plasma physics or numerical methods, Computational Methods in Plasma Physics covers the computational mathematics and techniques needed to simulate magnetically confined plasmas in modern magnetic fusion experiments and future magnetic fusion reactors. Largely self-contained, the text presents the basic concepts neces

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Plasma Science Committee,Panel on Opportunities in Plasma Science and Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309052313

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Plasma Science by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Plasma Science Committee,Panel on Opportunities in Plasma Science and Technology Pdf

Plasma science is the study of ionized states of matter. This book discusses the field's potential contributions to society and recommends actions that would optimize those contributions. It includes an assessment of the field's scientific and technological status as well as a discussion of broad themes such as fundamental plasma experiments, theoretical and computational plasma research, and plasma science education.

Author : James J Y Hsu
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814619530

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Visual and Computational Plasma Physics by James J Y Hsu Pdf

This book contains MATLAB programs to demonstrate the numerical algorithms, the analytical approaches, and the physical principles. It starts with single particle, single fluid, and single wave, then the kinetic theory, the transport, the magnetohydrodynamics, and the nonlinear physics. The book emphasizes on the numerical algorithm and the analytical asymptology to tackle problems in plasma physics, and to demonstrate the underlying physics principles by graphical visualization. Students are introduced to the multiple time and multiple space scales as they learn the basic plasma phenomena, and are requested to solve problems with either MATLAB or C++. This book is targetting at the senior and graduate level. The emphasis of this book is to teach students to solve problems from the features and characteristics of the problem itself. It provides the students for the most important learning that is not knowing the solution, but knowing how to figure out the solution.

Author : Frances Bauer,Octavio Betancourt,Paul Garabedian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Plasma (Ionized gases)
ISBN : 0387088334

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A Computational Method in Plasma Physics by Frances Bauer,Octavio Betancourt,Paul Garabedian Pdf

Author : Shigeo Kawata
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789819911370

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Computational Plasma Science by Shigeo Kawata Pdf

The book presents fundamentals of plasma physics with rich references and computational techniques in a concise manner. It particularly focuses on introductions to numerical simulation methods in plasma physics, in addition to those to physics and mathematics in plasma physics. It also presents the fundamentals of numerical methods, which solve mathematical models of plasmas, together with examples of numerical results. A discretization method, the so-called finite difference method, is introduced for particle-in-cell methods and fluid codes, which have been widely employed in plasma physics studies. In addition to the introduction to numerical solutions, it also covers numerical stability. The instabilities and numerical errors significantly influence the results, and for correct results, great efforts are required to avoid such numerical artifacts. The book also carefully discusses the numerical errors, numerical stability, and uncertainty in numerical computations. Readers are expected to have an understanding of fundamental physics of mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, statistical physics, relativity, fluid dynamics, and mathematics, but the book does not assume background knowledge on plasma. Therefore, it is a first book of plasma physics for upper undergraduate and early graduate students who are interested in learning it.

Author : Adam T. Drobot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461230922

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Computer Applications in Plasma Science and Engineering by Adam T. Drobot Pdf

This volume, which contains 15 contributions, is based on a minicourse held at the 1987 IEEE Plasma Science Meeting. The purpose of the lectures in the course was to acquaint the students with the multidisciplinary nature of computational techniques and the breadth of research areas in plasma science in which computation can address important physics and engineering design issues. These involve: electric and magnetic fields, MHD equations, chemistry, radiation, ionization etc. The contents of the contributions, written subsequent to the minicourse, stress important aspects of computer applications. They are: 1) the numerical methods used; 2) the range of applicability; 3) how the methods are actually employed in research and in the design of devices; and, as a compendium, 4) the multiplicity of approaches possible for any one problem. The materials in this book are organized by both subject and applications which display some of the richness in computational plasma physics.

Author : F. Bauer,O. Betancourt,P. Garabedian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642854705

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A Computational Method in Plasma Physics by F. Bauer,O. Betancourt,P. Garabedian Pdf

In this book, we report on research in methods of computational magneto hydrodynamics supported by the United States Department of Energy under Contract EY-76-C-02-3077 with New York University. The work has re sulted in a computer code for mathematical analysis of the equilibrium and stability of a plasma in three dimensions with toroidal geometry but no sym metry. The code is listed in the final chapter. Versions of it have been used for the design of experiments at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching. We are grateful to Daniel Barnes, Jeremiah Brackbill, Harold Grad, William Grossmann, Abraham Kadish, Peter Lax, Guthrie Miller, Arnulf Schliiter, and Harold Weitzner for many useful discussions of the theory. We are especially indebted to Franz Herrnegger for theoretical and pedagogical comments. Constance Engle has provided outstanding assistance with the typescript. We take pleasure in acknowledging the help of the staff of the Courant Mathematics and Com puting Laboratory at New York University. In particular we should like to express our thanks to Max Goldstein, Kevin McAuliffe, Terry Moore, Toshi Nagano and Tsun Tam. Frances Bauer New York Octavio Betancourt September 1978 Paul Garabedian v Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1. 1 Formulation of the Problem 1 1. 2 Discussion of Results 2 Chapter 2. The Variational Principle 4 4 2. 1 The Magnetostatic Equations 6 2. 2 Flux Constraints in the Plasma . 7 2. 3 The Ergodic Constraint.

Author : Andreas Dinklage,Thomas Klinger,Gerrit Marx,Lutz Schweikhard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540252746

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Plasma Physics by Andreas Dinklage,Thomas Klinger,Gerrit Marx,Lutz Schweikhard Pdf

Plasma Physics: Confinement, Transport and Collective Effects provides an overview of modern plasma research with special focus on confinement and related issues. Beginning with a broad introduction, the book leads graduate students and researchers – also those from related fields - to an understanding of the state-of-the-art in modern plasma physics. Furthermore, it presents a methodological cross section ranging from plasma applications and plasma diagnostics to numerical simulations, the latter providing an increasingly important link between theory and experiment. Effective references guide the reader from introductory texts through to contemporary research. Some related exercises in computational plasma physics are supplied on a special web site

Author : TOSHI TAJIMA
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367092034

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COMPUTATIONAL PLASMA PHYSICS by TOSHI TAJIMA Pdf

Author : Adam T Drobot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461230934

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Computer Applications in Plasma Science and Engineering by Adam T Drobot Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on a Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309677602

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Plasma Science by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on a Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science Pdf

Plasma Science and Engineering transforms fundamental scientific research into powerful societal applications, from materials processing and healthcare to forecasting space weather. Plasma Science: Enabling Technology, Sustainability, Security and Exploration discusses the importance of plasma research, identifies important grand challenges for the next decade, and makes recommendations on funding and workforce. This publication will help federal agencies, policymakers, and academic leadership understand the importance of plasma research and make informed decisions about plasma science funding, workforce, and research directions.

Author : Tao Pang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521825695

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An Introduction to Computational Physics by Tao Pang Pdf

This advanced textbook provides an introduction to the basic methods of computational physics.

Author : Maria Fyta
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781681744186

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Computational Approaches in Physics by Maria Fyta Pdf

Computational Approaches in Physics reviews computational schemes which are used in the simulations of physical systems. These range from very accurate ab initio techniques up to coarse-grained and mesoscopic schemes. The choice of the method is based on the desired accuracy and computational efficiency. A bottom-up approach is used to present the various simulation methods used in Physics, starting from the lower level and the most accurate methods, up to particle-based ones. The book outlines the basic theory underlying each technique and its complexity, addresses the computational implications and issues in the implementation, as well as present representative examples. A link to the most common computational codes, commercial or open source is listed in each chapter. The strengths and deficiencies of the variety of techniques discussed in this book are presented in detail and visualization tools commonly used to make the simulation data more comprehensive are also discussed. In the end, specific techniques are used as bridges across different disciplines. To this end, examples of different systems tackled with the same methods are presented. The appendices include elements of physical theory which are prerequisites in understanding the simulation methods.

Author : Weston M. Stacey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527411344

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Fusion Plasma Physics by Weston M. Stacey Pdf

This revised and enlarged second edition of the popular textbook and reference contains comprehensive treatments of both the established foundations of magnetic fusion plasma physics and of the newly developing areas of active research. It concludes with a look ahead to fusion power reactors of the future. The well-established topics of fusion plasma physics -- basic plasma phenomena, Coulomb scattering, drifts of charged particles in magnetic and electric fields, plasma confinement by magnetic fields, kinetic and fluid collective plasma theories, plasma equilibria and flux surface geometry, plasma waves and instabilities, classical and neoclassical transport, plasma-materials interactions, radiation, etc. -- are fully developed from first principles through to the computational models employed in modern plasma physics. The new and emerging topics of fusion plasma physics research -- fluctuation-driven plasma transport and gyrokinetic/gyrofluid computational methodology, the physics of the divertor, neutral atom recycling and transport, impurity ion transport, the physics of the plasma edge (diffusive and non-diffusive transport, MARFEs, ELMs, the L-H transition, thermal-radiative instabilities, shear suppression of transport, velocity spin-up), etc. -- are comprehensively developed and related to the experimental evidence. Operational limits on the performance of future fusion reactors are developed from plasma physics and engineering constraints, and conceptual designs of future fusion power reactors are discussed.