Colonna G. Plasma Modeling. Methods and Applications 2ed 2022 torrent

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In these last years, research activities in the field of plasma physics and chemistry have grown exponentially, not only focusing on fundamental aspects, but also on industrial applications. Due to their inherent complexity, both experiments and numerical modeling are necessary to fully characterize plasma systems. The mostly used numerical simulation techniques for plasma modeling include fluid dynamic, kinetic and hybrid models. These simulation models are significantly different in principles, strengths and limitations. The kinetic models, such as PIC-MCC, are used for non-equilibrium systems, and the fluid models are employed for faster computation, reducing the accuracy. Finally, hybrid models balance between precision and efficiency
Kinetic theory
Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics
Two-term Boltzmann Equation
Multiterm and non-local electron Boltzmann equation
Particle-based simulation of plasmas
The ergodic method: plasma dynamics through a sequence of equilibrium states
Fluid and hybrid models
Fluid models for collisionless magnetic reconnection
Magnetohydrodynamics equations
Drift-diffusion models and methods
Self-consistent kinetics
Hypersonic flows with detailed state-to-state kinetics using a GPU cluster
Hybrid models
Applications
On the coupling of vibrational and electronic kinetics with the electron energy distribution functions: past and present
Atmospheric pressure plasmas operating in high frequency fields
Direct current microarcs at atmospheric pressure
Multiscale phenomenona in a self-organized plasma jet
High-enthalpy radiating flows in aerophysics
Simulating plasma aerodynamics
Dust–plasma interaction: a review of dust charging theory and simulation
Magnetic confinement for thermonuclear energy production
Verification and validation in plasma physics
Data for plasma modelling
Thermodynamic and transport properties of complex plasmas
Methods for electron–molecule scattering
Rate coefficients for energy transfer and chemical reactions in heavy particle collisions