Soviet Physics Doklady

This book is devoted to the physical properties of nonideal plasma which is compressed so strongly that the effects of interparticle interactions govern the plasma behavior. The interest in this plasma was generated by the development of modern technologies and facilities whose operations were based on high densities of energy. In this volume, the methods of nonideal plasma generation and diagnostics are considered. The experimental results are given and the main theoretical models of nonideal plasma state are discussed. The problems of thermodynamics, electro-physics, optics and dynamic stability are covered. Contents:Non-Ideal Plasma. Basic ConceptsElectrical Methods of Non-Ideal Plasma GenerationDynamic Methods in the Physics of Non-Ideal PlasmaIonization Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Properties of Weakly Ionized PlasmaThermodynamics of Plasma with Developed IonizationElectric Conductivity of Partly Ionized PlasmaElectric Conductivity of Fully Ionized PlasmaOptical Properties of Dense PlasmaNon-Ideal Plasma with Disperse Condensed Phase (CDP)Dynamics and Stability of Non-Ideal Plasma Readership: Researchers in plasma physics, plasma chemistry, plasma processing of material, light engineering, optics, statistical and experimental physics. keywords:Interparticle Interactions;Thermodynamics;Ionization;Electric Conductivity;Optical Properties;Dynamics and Stability;Plasma Droplets;Experimental Data;Theoretical Models

Modern fracture mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, macro and micro; it is therefore inextricably linked to methods of theoretical and mathematical physics. This book introduces these sophisticated methods in a straightforward manner. The methods are applied to several important phenomena of solid state physics which impinge on fracture mechanics: adhesion, defect nucleation and growth, dislocation emission, sintering, the electron beam effect and fractal cracks. The book shows how the mathematical models for such processes may be set up, and how the equations so formulated may be solved and interpreted. The many open problems which are encountered will provide topics for MSc and PhD theses in fracture mechanics, and in theoretical and experimental physics. As a supplementary text, the book can be used in graduate level courses on fracture mechanics, solid matter physics, and mechanics of solids, or in a special course on the application of fracture mechanics methods in solid matter physics.

Problems of Linear Electron (Polaron) Transport Theory in Semiconductors summarizes and discusses the development of areas in electron transport theory in semiconductors, with emphasis on the fundamental aspects of the theory and the essential physical nature of the transport processes. The book is organized into three parts. Part I focuses on some general topics in the theory of transport phenomena: the general dynamical theory of linear transport in dissipative systems (Kubo formulae) and the phenomenological theory. Part II deals with the theory of polaron transport in a crystalline semiconductor. The last part contains a critical account of electron transport in disordered systems, including amorphous substances, with allowance for polaron effects.