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

该奖项将支持麻省理工学院Abraham Bers博士和巴黎第十一大学等离子体物理实验室J. L. Delcroix教授在等离子体物理领域的合作项目。特别是在过去的三十年中，对物质的等离子体状态的研究已经发展成为一门新的重要的科学和技术学科，它包含了广泛应用的理论和实验技术的统一体，例如气体激光器和半导体表面的处理。在这个项目中，研究人员将结合过去的研究成果，为一年级研究生编写新的、全面的等离子体物理学基础文本。将讨论以下主题：1)微观到宏观动力学的层次描述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教授都被公认为是等离子体物理学领域的长期贡献者。该项目将受益于他们在完全电离和弱电离等离子体方面的联合专业知识。

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.