An Introduction to the Atomic and Radiation Physics of Plasmas (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Plasma and atomic physics; 2. The propagation of light; 3. Scattering; 4. Radiation emission in plasmas; 5. Radiation emission involving free electrons; 6. Opacity; 7. Discrete bound quantum states: hydrogen and hydrogen-like ions; 8. Discrete bound states: many-electron atoms and ions; 9. Discrete bound states: molecules; 10. Radiative transitions between discrete quantum states; 11. Collisions; 12. Collisional-radiative models; 13. High density plasmas; Appendix. Vectors, Maxwell's equations, the harmonic oscillator and a sum rule; References; Index.