Draft Material for Fundamentals of Plasma Physics book

Overview & Synopsis

The primary objective of this book
is to present and develop the fundamentals and principal applications of plasma
physics, with an emphasis on what is usually called high-temperature plasma
physics where the plasma is nearly fully ionized with nearly negligible effects
of neutral particles on the plasma behavior. Topics covered includes:
Fundamental Processes in Plasmas, various types of waves that occur in stable
plasmas, Plasma kinetic theory and its applications, The equilibrium and
stability properties of a plasma, nonlinear plasma theory, and to plasma
turbulence and the anomalous transport.