Collision Processes in Thermonuclear Plasmas

The following sections are included:

• Collision Cross Sections and Mean Free Path

• Electrical Conductivity

• Heat Conduction

• Viscosity

• Energy Gain of Cold Ions by Hot Electrons

• Energy Loss of Hot Ions by Cold Electrons

• Transport Coefficients in the Presence of a Strong Magnetic Field

• Collective Collision — The Two-Stream Instability

• Plasma Radiation

• Radiative Plasma Cooling and Collapse

• Stopping Cross Section of Ions in Cold Matter

• Magnetic Bremsstrahlung

• Radiation Losses Near a Wall

• Integrated Heat Conduction Losses of a Magnetized Plasma Cylinder

• Electron Run-Away

• Bibliography for Chapter 4