US-France Cooperative Research: Unified Treatment of Basic Topics in Plasma Physics and Engineering

该奖项将支持等离子体物理学的合作项目 马萨诸塞州理工学院的Abraham Bers博士 和J. L. Delcroix，等离子体物理实验室， 巴黎大学Xi。 对物质等离子体状态的研究，特别是在过去， 三十年来，已经演变成一个新的和重要的科学 和技术学科，包括一个统一的机构， 广泛的理论和实验技术， 应用，如气体激光器和半导体处理 表面。 在这个项目中，研究人员将把过去的 研究工作，为新的和全面的 等离子体物理学的基础教材，供研究生一年级使用。 将讨论以下主题：1）分层描述- 2）碰撞和动力学 输运现象3）磁化等离子体中的波4）不稳定性 理论与应用5）非线性动力学和6）辐射。 Bers博士和Delcroix教授都是公认的 等离子体物理领域的长期贡献者。 该项目将受益于他们在两个方面的共同专长， 电离和弱电离等离子体。

This award will support a collaborative project in plasma physics between Dr. Abraham Bers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Professor J. L. Delcroix, Laboratory for Plasma Physics, University of Paris XI. Studies of the plasma state of matter, particularly over the past three decades, have evolved into a new and important scientific and technological discipline, encompassing a unified body of theoretical and experimental techniques for a wide range of applications, such as gas lasers and the treatment of semiconductor surfaces. In this project the investigators will incorporate past research efforts to produce the basis for a new and comprehensive basic text in plasma physics for first-year graduate students. The following topics will be addressed: 1) hierarchical descrip- tions of micro-to macro-dynamics 2) collisional and kinetic transport phenomena 3) waves in magnetized plasmas 4) instability theory and applications 5) nonlinear dynamics and 6) radiation. Both Dr. Bers and Professor Delcroix are well recognized as contributors of long standing to the field of plasma physics. This project will benefit from their joint expertise in both fully ionized and weakly ionized plasmas.