Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation

by A.B Langdon, A.B Langdon

Divided into three main parts, the book guides the reader to an understanding of the basic concepts in this fascinating field of research. Part 1 introduces you to the fundamental concepts of simulation. It examines one-dimensional electrostatic codes and electromagnetic codes, and describes the numerical methods and analysis. Part 2 explores the mathematics and physics behind the algorithms used in Part 1. In Part 3, the authors address some of the more complicated simulations in two and three dimensions. The book introduces projects to encourage practical work Readers can download plasma modeling and simulation software ― the ES1 program ― with implementations for PCs and Unix systems along with the original FORTRAN source code. Now available in paperback, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation is an ideal complement to plasma physics courses and for self-study.

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First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Sigvald · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not only is this book hopelessly out of date with its FORTRAN 77 code and no mention of newer numerical methods (the newest prints are no better). It is perhaps also one of the least well written books I own. It makes the material inaccessible and hard to understand with it's lack of explanations of where equations comes from. Topics are scattered throughout the book in an unorderly fashion. Unfortunately, for us who works in the field, this book is a necessity as there are few alternatives. I would rather recommend Hockney and Eastwood. It's not perfect either but it's way better.

[Arti Rawat · Rating 5 out of 5]

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