The 2022 version fixes some of the mistakes and typos but not all. The course is intended only as a first plasma physics course, but includes what I take to be the critical concepts needed for a …

Electric propulsion achieves high specific impulse by the acceleration of charged particles to high velocity. The charged particles are produced by ionization of a propellant gas, which creates …

These notes summarize and explain the topics covered in a graduate-level introductory plasma physics course at Princeton University (General Plasma Physics I, Fall 2017).

Learn the basics of plasma, one of the fundamental states of matter, and the different types of models usedto describe it, including fluid and kinetic.

Plasma (physics) Top: Lightning and neon lights are commonplace generators of plasma. Center left: A plasma globe, illustrating some of the more complex plasma phenomena, including …

Jan 1, 2025 · This chapter serves as a preliminary introduction into the vast and swiftly advancing domain of plasma science and technology. It begins with a concis…

Abstract These notes are intended to provide a brief primer in plasma physics, intro- ducing common definitions, basic properties, and typical processes found in plasmas. These concepts …

This text is translated from the Russian edition published in the USSR in 1977. In the course of translation we introduced some adjustments and corrected the detected errors. The …

A plasma is an ionized gas consisting of positively and negatively charged particles with approximately equal charge densities. Plasmas can be produced by heating an ordinary gas to …

Basic plasma physics research focuses on research of fundamental process that occur in plasma - such as particle and energy transport, plasma instabilities, thermodynamics of plasmas, …