THE PHYSICS OF IONIZED GASES: 23rd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases - Invited Lectures, Topical Invited Lectures, and Progress Reports

23rd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases - Invited Lectures, Topical Invited Lectures, and Progress Reports

Ljupco Hadzievski, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO ; Bratislav Marinkovic, Institute of Physics, Serbia ; Nenad Simonovic, Institute of Physics, Serbia

Conference Location and Date: National Park Kopaonik, Serbia, 28 August - 1 September 2006

Subseries: Plasma Physics

Published December 2006; ISBN 978-0-7354-0377-2 One Volume, Print; 450 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $199.00

Readership: Ph.D. students, researchers and university professors involved physics of ionized gases: Atomic collision processes-electron and photon interactions with atomic particles, heavy particle collisions, swarms and transport phenomena; particle and laser beam interactions with solids, stomic collisions in solids, sputtering and deposition, laser and plasma interaction with surfaces; low temp plasmas--plasma spectroscopy and other diagnostics methods, gas discharges, plasma applications and devices; general plasmas--fusion plasmas, astrophysical plasmas and collective phenomena.

All papers were refereed by the members of the Organizing and Scientific committees and if required by other specialists in the field. The very nature of the SPIG is to have four different fields that converge into multidisciplinary field of the physics of ionized gases: gas phase and binary collisions, collisions with surfaces, low temperature plasmas and collective phenomena. These four fields have strong interactions in numerous applications; however, due to the development of specialized international conferences, it has become increasingly rare that such a wide range of topics is covered at a single conference. As the four fields often overlap and merge in numerous fundamental studies and more importantly applications, SPIG serves as a venue for exchanging ideas in the four related fields. Besides the typical proceedings of contributed papers with abstracts of invited lectures and progress reports, the complete invited lectures and progress reports are published in book form under the title "Physics of Ionized Gases". These books have become not only a significant source of scientific information but also important textbooks for postgraduate students worldwide. This volume contains the Invited lectures, Topical invited lectures and Progress reports presented at the 23nd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases – SPIG 2006. The Invited lectures and Topical invited lectures contain broader introductions to be appreciated by graduate students and specialists in other fields, but also offer a review of the up-to-date progress in the specific field. The Progress reports contain up-to-date results in the field mostly done by the young scientists with recent PhDs. We hope that this volume will be a valuable source of information to graduate students as well as to active scientist in the field.

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