{"product_id":"quantum-plasmadynamics-donald-melrose-9781441925381","title":"Quantum Plasmadynamics: Unmagnetized Plasmas","description":"The idea of synthesizing quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the kinetic theory of plasmas ?rst occurred to me in the early 1970s [1, 2]. The project to do so has been carried out bit by bit over the subsequent years. The name \"quantum plasmadynamics\" (QPD) is my own jargon [3] for the synthesized theory. Both QED and the kinetic theory of plasmas areconcerned with the int- action between charged particles and the electromagnetic ?eld, but they are radically di?erent in the way the interaction is described. The kinetic theory of plasmas is a collective-medium theory: a plasma is not a collection of - dependent particles in a given electromagnetic ?eld, but a medium in which the particles collectively modify the ?eld, and the ?eld modi?es the par- cles. The charge and current densities associated with the particles are part of a self-consistent ?eld. Conventionally, the kinetic theory of plasmas is a classical theory: the motions of particles are treated using classical dynamics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Melrose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441925384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441925381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.98d","brand":"Donald Melrose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965223485695,"sku":"9781441925381","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a285c249-d163-452e-9fdd-9dc688cf5c0c.jpg?v=1767279256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quantum-plasmadynamics-donald-melrose-9781441925381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}