{"product_id":"9781441925381","title":"Lecture Notes in Physics: Unmagnetized Plasmas","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLecture Notes in Physics: Unmagnetized Plasmas\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMelrose, Donald\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe idea of synthesizing quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the kinetic theory of plasmas ?rst occurred to me in the early 1970s [1, 2]. The project to do so has been carried out bit by bit over the subsequent years. The name “quantum plasmadynamics” (QPD) is my own jargon [3] for the synthesized theory. Both QED and the kinetic theory of plasmas areconcerned with the int- action between charged particles and the electromagnetic ?eld, but they are radically di?erent in the way the interaction is described. The kinetic theory of plasmas is a collective-medium theory: a plasma is not a collection of - dependent particles in a given electromagnetic ?eld, but a medium in which the particles collectively modify the ?eld, and the ?eld modi?es the par- cles. The charge and current densities associated with the particles are part of a self-consistent ?eld. Conventionally, the kinetic theory of plasmas is a classical theory: the motions of particles are treated using classical dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-11-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781441925381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-73903-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 464\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44481351975052,"sku":"9781441925381","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781441925381.jpg?v=1776426559","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441925381","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}