Book Description

The Final Proceedings for 23rd International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, 17 July 1997 - 22 July 1997 kinetic, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena; elementary processes; low pressure glows; coronas, sparks, surface discharges, and high pressure glows; arcs; high frequency discharges; ionospheric magnetospheric, and astrophysical plasmas; plasma diagnostic methods; plasma surface effects; plasma processing; plasma flows; non ideal plasmas; waves and instabilities; non-linear phenomena; particle and laser beam interactions with plasmas; plasma sources of radiation; modeling; plasma for environmental issues; plasma thrusters; surface treatment; high pressure, non-thermal plasmas.