{"product_id":"kinetic-theory-of-particles-and-photons-theoretical-foundations-of-non-lte-plasma-spectroscopy-softcover-reprint-of-the","title":"Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons\" by Joachim Oxenius is a astronomy book and space science reference focused on Cosmology. Best for students, researchers, and serious astronomy enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany laboratory and astrophysical plasmas show deviations from local ther modynamic equilibrium (LTE). This monograph develops non-LTE plasma spectroscopy as a kinetic theory of particles and photons, considering the radiation field as a photon gas whose distribution function (the radiation in tensity) obeys a kinetic equation (the radiative transfer equation), just as the distribution functions of particles obey kinetic equations. Such a unified ap proach provides clear insight into the physics of non-LTE plasmas. Chapter 1 treats the principle of detailed balance, of central importance for understanding the non-LTE effects in plasmas. Chapters 2, 3 deal with kinetic equations of particles and photons, respectively, followed by a chapter on the fluid description of gases with radiative interactions. Chapter 5 is devoted to the H theorem, and closes the more general first part of the book. The last two chapters deal with more specific topics. After briefly discuss ing optically thin plasmas, Chap. 6 treats non-LTE line transfer by two-level atoms, the line profile coefficients of three-level atoms, and non-Maxwellian electron distribution functions. Chapter 7 discusses topics where momentum exchange between matter and radiation is crucial: the approach to thermal equilibrium through interaction with blackbody radiation, radiative forces, and Compton scattering. A number of appendices have been added to make the book self-contained and to treat more special questions. In particular, Appendix B contains an in troductory discussion of atomic line profile coefficients.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46422128689351,"sku":"1-99-539-001078","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/9575\/6487\/files\/9783642707308.jpg?v=1776395194","url":"https:\/\/snowflakeskies.com\/products\/kinetic-theory-of-particles-and-photons-theoretical-foundations-of-non-lte-plasma-spectroscopy-softcover-reprint-of-the","provider":"Snowflake Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}