Plasma and Thermal Physics

Fundamentals of Thermal Physics

Physics of Thermal Qcd

We give a review of modern theoretical understanding of the physics of QCD at finite temperature. Three temperature regions are studied in details. When the temperature is low, the system presents a rarefied pion gas. Its thermodynamic and kinetic properties are adequately described by chiral perturbation theory. When the temperature is increased, other than pion degrees of freedom are excited,...

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

This review focusses on the contributions of plasma physics to chaos and nonlinear dynamics bringing new methods which are or can be used in other scientific domains. It starts with the development of the theory of Hamiltonian chaos, and then deals with order or quasi order, for instance adiabatic and soliton theories. It ends with a shorter account of dissipative and high dimensional Hamiltoni...

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

The virtual-casing principle is used in plasma physics to convert a Biot–Savart integration over a current distribution into a surface integral over a surface that encloses the current. In many circumstances, use of virtual casing can significantly speed up the computation of magnetic fields. In this paper, a virtual-casing principle is derived for a general vector field with arbitrary divergen...

Plasma Physics and Numerical Simulations

Plasma is a partially or fully ionized gas. Ionized gas contains free electrons and ions which carry electric charges. Thus, plasma is subject to electromagnetic forces and can react to external electric and magnetic fields. Moreover, since plasma contains free charge carriers, their relative motion can also set internal electric and magnetic fields, which in turn also influence their dynamics....