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Single Particle Behavior in Plasaas
Brendan McNamara
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Introduction
One cannot expect to memorize the content of such an intense course
as this -and considerable emphasis has been placed on collecting and
cataloging key results and principal references. The behavior of single
particles in a plasma is basic to the rest of the course, but not elementary.
The subject is well covered in many text books and the purpose of this
paper is merely to collect, in a brief form, the essential formulae and
mathematical methods.
The paper follows the history of a neutral atom or molecule into a
plasma - ionization, dissociation, radiation, - until it becomes a set
of charged particles moving in the electromagnetic fields of the plasma
system. The various useful forms of the method of averaging are displayed
and applied to calculation of constants of motion. The breakdown of
these constants is discussed along with some of the implications for fusion
systems.
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McNamara, B. Single particle behavior in plasmas, report, March 10, 1977; Livermore, California. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1055867/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.