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041			_aeng
082			_a530.44 _bKawC
100			_aKawata, Shigeo
245			_aComputational Plasma Science : _bPhysics and Selected Simulation Examples / _cShigeo Kawata
260			_aJapan: _bSpringer; _c©2023
300			_axiv, 294p.
440			_aSpringer Series in Plasma Science and Technology
520			_aThe book presents fundamentals of plasma physics with rich references and computational techniques in a concise manner. It particularly focuses on introductions to numerical simulation methods in plasma physics, in addition to those to physics and mathematics in plasma physics. It also presents the fundamentals of numerical methods, which solve mathematical models of plasmas, together with examples of numerical results. A discretization method, the so-called finite difference method, is introduced for particle-in-cell methods and fluid codes, which have been widely employed in plasma physics studies. In addition to the introduction to numerical solutions, it also covers numerical stability. The instabilities and numerical errors significantly influence the results, and for correct results, great efforts are required to avoid such numerical artifacts. The book also carefully discusses the numerical errors, numerical stability, and uncertainty in numerical computations. Readersare expected to have an understanding of fundamental physics of mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, statistical physics, relativity, fluid dynamics, and mathematics, but the book does not assume background knowledge on plasma. Therefore, it is a first book of plasma physics for upper undergraduate and early graduate students who are interested in learning it.
650			_aPlasma
650			_aTheoretical Physics
650			_aMathematical and Computational Physics
942			_cBK
999			_c7114 _d7114