E. R. Tracy (College of William and Virginia Mary), A. J. Brizard (Vermont Saint Michael's College), A. S. Richardson

Ray Tracing and Beyond

Phase Space Methods in Plasma Wave Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 541
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 182mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 12g
• ISBN-13: 9780521768061
• ISBN-10: 0521768063
• Artikelnr.: 39632852

Autorenporträt

E. R. Tracy is the Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Some preliminaries
3. Eikonal approximation
4. Visualization and wave field construction
5. Phase space theory of caustics
6. Mode conversion and tunneling
7. Gyroresonant wave conversion
Appendix A. Cold plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor
Appendix B. Review of variational principles
Appendix C. Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas
Appendix D. Heisenberg-Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols
Appendix E. Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms
Index.