Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Single-particle motion
- 3 Kinetic theory of plasmas
- 4 Moments of the Boltzmann equation
- 5 Multiple-fluid theory of plasmas
- 6 Single-fluid theory of plasmas: magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Collisions and plasma conductivity
- 8 Plasma diffusion
- 9 Introduction to waves in plasmas
- 10 Waves in cold magnetized plasmas
- 11 Effects of collisions, ions, and finite temperature on waves in magnetized plasmas
- 12 Waves in hot plasmas
- 13 The plasma sheath and the Langmuir probe
- Appendix A Derivation of the second moment of the Boltzmann equation
- Appendix B Useful vector relations
- Index
4 - Moments of the Boltzmann equation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Single-particle motion
- 3 Kinetic theory of plasmas
- 4 Moments of the Boltzmann equation
- 5 Multiple-fluid theory of plasmas
- 6 Single-fluid theory of plasmas: magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Collisions and plasma conductivity
- 8 Plasma diffusion
- 9 Introduction to waves in plasmas
- 10 Waves in cold magnetized plasmas
- 11 Effects of collisions, ions, and finite temperature on waves in magnetized plasmas
- 12 Waves in hot plasmas
- 13 The plasma sheath and the Langmuir probe
- Appendix A Derivation of the second moment of the Boltzmann equation
- Appendix B Useful vector relations
- Index
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- Principles of Plasma Physics for Engineers and Scientists , pp. 84 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010