Low Temperature Plasmas Fundamentals, Technologies and Techniques

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-03-03
Publisher(s): Wiley-VCH
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Summary

With its strong focus on the links between theory and experiment or technological process, Low Temperature Plasmas presents the latest advances in our understanding of how plasmas behave. New contributions to this second edition cover dusty plasmas, cross-correlation spectroscopy, atmospheric pressure glow discharges, as well as applications in lightening, microelectronics, polymer surface modification, sterilization, biology and medicine.Straddling the boundaries between physics, chemistry and materials science, this is of interest to a wide community.From reviews of the first edition: "... it makes a highly valuable contribution to the subject area and will be accessible to scientists and engineers working in the field." ChemPhysChem

Author Biography

Rainer Hippler is full professor at the Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald. Together with the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics and the Institute of Low Temperature Plasma Physics in Greifswald the University represents an important center of competence for Plasma Physics and Plasma Technology. His main subjects are complex plasmas including thin film deposition, dusty plasmas, and deposition of nano-size particles on surfaces.

Holger Kersten teaches as professor at the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel. He is working in the field of plasma physics and plasma technology, with emphasis on complex (dusty) plasmas, plasma surface interaction, and ion beam diagnostics.

Martin Schmidt is a leading scientist at the Institute of Low Temperature Plasma Physics in Greifswald, a center of application-oriented research which belongs to the Leibniz-Science Community.

Karl H. Schoenbach holds the Batten Endowed Chair for Bioelectrics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he serves as Director of the Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, a center devoted to research on biological effects of cold plasma and pulsed electric fields.

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to 2nd Edition
Basic Reactor Physics
Neutron Nuclear Reactions
Neutron-Induced Nuclear Fission
Neutron Capture
Neutron Elastic Scattering
Summary of Cross-Section Data
Evaluated Nuclear Data Files
Elastic Scattering Kinematics
Neutron Chain Fission Reactors
Neutron Chain Fission Reactions
Criticality
Time Dependence of a Neutron Fission Chain Assembly
Classification of Nuclear Reactors
Neutron Diffusion Theory
Derivation of One-Speed Diffusion Theory
Solutions of the Neutron Diffusion Equation in Nonmultiplying Media
Diffusion Kernels and Distributed Sources in a Homogeneous Medium
Albedo Boundary Condition
Neutron Diffusion and Migration Lengths
Bare Homogeneous Reactor
Reflected Reactor
Homogenization of a Heterogeneous Fuel-Moderator Assembly
Control Rods
Numerical Solution of Diffusion Equation
Nodal Approximation
Transport Methods
Neutron Energy Distribution
Analytical Solutions in an Infinite Medium
Multigroup Calculation of Neutron Energy Distribution in an Infinite Medium
Resonance Absorption
Multigroup Diffusion Theory
Nuclear Reactor Dynamics
Delayed Fission Neutrons
Point Kinetics Equations
Period-Reactivity Relations
Approximate Solutions of the Point Neutron Kinetics Equations
Delayed Neutron Kernel and Zero-Power Transfer Function
Experimental Determination of Neutron Kinetics Parameters
Reactivity Feedback
Perturbation Theory Evaluation of Reactivity Temperature Coefficients
Reactor Stability
Measurement of Reactor Transfer Functions
Reactor Transients with Feedback
Reactor Fast Excursions
Numerical Methods
Fuel Burnup
Changes in Fuel Composition
Samarium and Xenon
Fertile-to-Fissile Conversion and Breeding
Simple Model of Fuel Depletion
Fuel Reprocessing and Recycling
Radioactive Waste
Burning Surplus Weapons-Grade Uranium and Plutonium
Utilization of Uranium Energy Content
Transmutation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Nuclear Power Reactors
Pressurized Water Reactors
Boiling Water Reactors
Pressure Tube Heavy Water-Moderated Reactors
Pressure Tube Graphite-Moderated Reactors
Graphite-Moderated Gas-Cooled Reactors
Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactors
Other Power Reactors
Characteristics of Power Reactors
Advanced Generation-III Reactors
Advanced Generation-IV Reactors
Advanced Sub-critical Reactors
Nuclear Reactor Analysis
Interaction of Reactor Physics and Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
Reactor Safety
Elements of Reactor Safety
Reactor Safety Analysis
Quantitative Risk Assessment
Reactor Accidents
Passive Safety
Advanced Reactor Physics
Neutron Transport Theory
Neutron Transport Equation
Integral Transport Theory
Collision Probability Methods
Interface Current Methods in Slab Geometry
Multidimensional Interface Current Methods
Spherical Harmonics (PL) Methods in One-Dimensional Geometries
Multidimensional Spherical Harmonics (PL) Transport Theory
Discrete Ordinates Methods in One-Dimensional Slab Geometry
Discrete Ordinates Methods in One-Dimensional Spherical Geometry
Multidimensional Discrete Ordinates Methods
Even-Parity Transport Formulation
Monte Carlo Methods
Neutron Slowing Down
Elastic Scattering Transfer Function
P1 and B1 Slowing-Down Equations
Diffusion Theory
Continuous Slowing-Down
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