Overview

In this volume a thorough review is given of waves in dusty plasmas, a fascinating new domain combining plasmas and charged dust, two omnipresent ingredients of the Universe. Spokes and braids observed in the rings of Saturn cannot be explained by gravitation alone, but need the presence of charged dust. Other examples abound, as in zodiacal light, noctilucent clouds, comets and molecular clouds. After discussing charging mechanisms, supported by exciting new experiments, and space observations, the book describes extensions of known plasma modes covering the low frequencies typical for charged dust. Mixing detailed theoretical steps with summaries of expert contributions, a systematic multi-species treatment puts the literature in perspective, suitable also for newcomers. Typical complications like fluctuating dust charges, self-gravitational effects, and size distributions are dealt with, before ending with an outlook to future work and open questions. In this way, experts as well as interested newcomers will find a reliable guide, not just a compendium.

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Author:   Frank Verheest
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   245
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781402003738

ISBN 10:   1402003730
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   30 November 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Plasmas and Dust.- 1.1 Plasmas as the fourth state of matter.- 1.2 Dust.- 1.3 Dusty plasmas.- 1.4 Basic properties.- 1.5 Analogies and differences.- 1.6 Reviews and books.- 1.7 Structure of the book.- 2 Charging Mechanisms and Experiments.- 2.1 Grain charging.- 2.2 Charging mechanisms for isolated grains.- 2.3 Charging model for grain ensembles.- 2.4 Charging in magnetized plasmas.- 2.5 Dusty plasma experiments.- 2.6 Single grain dynamics and planetary rings.- 3 Space Observations.- 3.1 Generalities.- 3.2 Noctilucent clouds and magnetospheric dust.- 3.3 Circumsolar dust rings and zodiacal light.- 3.4 Planetary rings.- 3.5 Cometary plasmas.- 3.6 Interplanetary dust.- 3.7 Interstellar dust clouds.- 4 Multispecies Formalism and Waves.- 4.1 General framework.- 4.2 From Liouville to kinetic equations.- 4.3 Specific complications for dusty plasmas.- 4.4 Macroscopic fluid equations.- 4.5 Maxwell’s equations.- 4.6 Waves in multispecies plasmas.- 4.7 Linear parallel modes and equilibrium streaming.- 4.8 Arbitrary angles of wave propagation without streaming.- 5 Electrostatic Modes.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Linear parallel modes in ordinary plasmas.- 5.3 Dusty plasma modes.- 5.4 General nonlinear wave theory.- 5.5 Nonlinear dusty plasma modes.- 5.6 Oblique propagation.- 5.7 Collisional and kinetic effects.- 6 Electromagnetic Modes.- 6.1 Parallel electromagnetic waves.- 6.2 Dusty plasmas.- 6.3 Magnetosonic modes.- 6.4 Reductive perturbation for nonlinear waves.- 7 Fluctuating Dust Charges.- 7.1 Charge fluctuations.- 7.2 Parallel electrostatic waves with variable dust charges.- 7.3 Kinetic theory and nonlinear developments.- 7.4 Electromagnetic waves with variable dust charges.- 7.5 Nonlinear electromagnetic waves with variable dust charges.- 7.6 Oblique and perpendicularmodes.- 8 Self-Gravitation.- 8.1 Janus faces of Jeans instabilities.- 8.2 Revisiting the Jeans swindle.- 8.3 Self-gravitation of dusty plasmas.- 8.4 Jeans-Buneman modes.- 8.5 Magnetosonic Jeans modes.- 8.6 Nonlinear modes.- 9 Mass and Size Distributions.- 9.1 Dust mass distributions.- 9.2 Parallel modes in a fluid description.- 9.3 Kinetic equations for dust distributions.- 10 Other Modes.- 10.1 Inhomogeneous plasmas and mode coupling.- 10.2 Rayleigh-Taylor, Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities and vortices.- 10.3 Surface waves.- 10.4 Self-similar expansions.- 10.5 Lattice waves.- 11 Conclusions and Outlook.- 11.1 Comparison with observations.- 11.2 Summing up.- 11.3 Outlook.

Reviews

Overall, Verheest's treatment is excellent and is highly recommended, both for those who are just starting out in the field and for more established researchers.' Physics Today, August 2001

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