國立虎尾科技大學 |

Ray tracing and beyond = phase space methods in plasma wave theory /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ray tracing and beyond/ E. R. Tracy ... [et al.].
Reminder of title:	phase space methods in plasma wave theory /
remainder title:	Ray Tracing & Beyond
other author:	Tracy, E. R.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2014.,
Description:	xxi, 521 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Subject:	Plasma waves. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667565
ISBN:	9780511667565

Ray tracing and beyond = phase space methods in plasma wave theory /
Ray tracing and beyondphase space methods in plasma wave theory /[electronic resource] :Ray Tracing & BeyondE. R. Tracy ... [et al.]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2014. - xxi, 521 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Introduction -- Some preliminaries -- Eikonal approximation -- Visualization and wave field construction -- Phase space theory of caustics -- Mode conversion and tunneling -- Gyroresonant wave conversion -- Appendix A: Cold plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor -- Appendix B: Review of variational principles -- Appendix C: Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas -- Appendix D: Heisenberg-Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols -- Appendix E: Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms -- Appendix F: Normal forms -- Appendix G: General solutions for multidimensional conversion -- Glossary of mathematical symbols.

This complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics describes the powerful mathematical methods generally applicable to vector wave equations in non-uniform media, and clearly demonstrates the application of these methods to simplify and solve important problems in plasma wave theory. Key analytical concepts are carefully introduced as needed, encouraging the development of a visual intuition for the underlying methodology, with more advanced mathematical concepts succinctly explained in the appendices, and supporting Matlab and Raycon code available online. Covering variational principles, covariant formulations, caustics, tunnelling, mode conversion, weak dissipation, wave emission from coherent sources, incoherent wave fields, and collective wave absorption and emission, all within an accessible framework using standard plasma physics notation, this is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in plasma physics.

ISBN: 9780511667565Subjects--Topical Terms:

909311
Plasma waves.

LC Class. No.: QC718.5.W3

Dewey Class. No.: 530.412

Ray tracing and beyond = phase space methods in plasma wave theory /
LDR:02443nam a2200265 a 4500 001 949340
003 UkCbUP
005 20191005154300.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 200620s2014 enk o 1 0 eng d
020 $a 9780511667565 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9780521768061 $q (paper)
035 $a CR9780511667565
040 $a UkCbUP $b eng $c UkCbUP $d GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a QC718.5.W3
082 0 4 $a 530.412 $2 23
090 $a QC718.5.W3 $b R263 2014
245 0 0 $a Ray tracing and beyond $h [electronic resource] : $b phase space methods in plasma wave theory / $c E. R. Tracy ... [et al.].
246 3 $a Ray Tracing & Beyond
260 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014.
300 $a xxi, 521 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
505 0 $a Introduction -- Some preliminaries -- Eikonal approximation -- Visualization and wave field construction -- Phase space theory of caustics -- Mode conversion and tunneling -- Gyroresonant wave conversion -- Appendix A: Cold plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor -- Appendix B: Review of variational principles -- Appendix C: Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas -- Appendix D: Heisenberg-Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols -- Appendix E: Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms -- Appendix F: Normal forms -- Appendix G: General solutions for multidimensional conversion -- Glossary of mathematical symbols.
520 $a This complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics describes the powerful mathematical methods generally applicable to vector wave equations in non-uniform media, and clearly demonstrates the application of these methods to simplify and solve important problems in plasma wave theory. Key analytical concepts are carefully introduced as needed, encouraging the development of a visual intuition for the underlying methodology, with more advanced mathematical concepts succinctly explained in the appendices, and supporting Matlab and Raycon code available online. Covering variational principles, covariant formulations, caustics, tunnelling, mode conversion, weak dissipation, wave emission from coherent sources, incoherent wave fields, and collective wave absorption and emission, all within an accessible framework using standard plasma physics notation, this is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in plasma physics.
650 0 $a Plasma waves. $3 909311
650 0 $a Ray tracing algorithms. $3 1054121
650 0 $a Phase space (Statistical physics) $3 721299
700 1 $a Tracy, E. R. $q (Eugene Raymond), $d 1956- $3 1238381
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667565