Low Temperature Plasma Physics
Subtitle: Fundamental Aspects and Applications
Contributors: Rainer Hippler (Editor); Sigismund Pfau (Editor); Martin Schmidt (Editor); Karl H. Schoenbach (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9783527288878
Subjects: Plasma Physics; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics; Low Temperature Physics; Science; Physics; Chemistry - General; Science / Chemistry / General; Low temperature plasmas; Plasma (Ionized gases)
First sentence: The concept of a plasma dates back to Langmuir (1928) and originates from the fundamental difference between regions of electrical gas discharges which are distant from boundaries (bulk of the discharge) compared with regions which adjoin the boundaries (sheaths).