Statistical Plasma Physics, Volume I
Basic Principles
Frontiers in Physics Series

Plasma physics is an integral part of statistical physics, complete with its own basic theories. Designed as a two-volume set, Statistical Plasma Physics is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses on plasma and statistical physics, and as such, its presentation is self-contained and should be read without difficulty by those with backgrounds in classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and statistics. Major topics include: plasma phenomena in nature, kinetic equations, plasmas and dielectric media, electromagnetic properties of Vlasov plasmas in thermodynamic equilibria, transient processes, and instabilities.

Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Kinetic Equations , Plasmas as Dielectric Media , Electromagnetic Properties of Vlasov Plasmas in Thermodynamic Equilibria , Transient Processes , Instabilities , Fluctuations , Relaxations , Plasma Turbulence , The Functional Derivatives , Derivation of Eq. (3.13b) , Derivation of Eq. (3.16)

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Setsuo Ichimaru