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INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BEAMS GAS
DYNAMICS
by Giovanni Sanna (University of Rome, Italy) & Giuseppe
Tomassetti (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
404pp
978-1-86094-556-4: US$121 / £83 US$84.70
/ £58.10
978-1-86094-740-7(ebook): US$157 US$109.90
Table
of Contents (72k)
Preface
(49k)
Chapter
2: The Non-Equilibrium Equations and the Relaxation of the Internal
Degrees of Freedom (316k)
Introduction to Molecular Beams Gas Dynamics is
devoted to the theory and phenomenology of supersonic molecular beams.
The book describes the main physical idea and mathematical methods of
the gas dynamics of molecular beams, while the detailed derivation of
results and equations is accompanied by an explanation of their
physical meaning.
The phenomenology of supersonic beams can appear complex to
those not experienced in supersonic gas dynamics and the few existing
reviews on the topic generally presume specific knowledge of the
subject. The book begins with a quantitative description of the
fundamental laws of gas dynamics and goes on to explain such phenomena.
It analyzes the evolution of the gas jet from the continuum to the
regime of almost free collisions between molecules, and includes
numerous figures, illustrations, tables and references.
Contents:
- Gas Properties
- The Non-Equilibrium Equations and the
Relaxation of the Internal Degrees of Freedom
- The Fundamental Equations of Gas Dynamics
- Isoentropic Flow. Characteristic Lines
- The Method of Characteristics
- The Shock Waves
- The Flow in Nozzles and Jets
- The Supersonic Free Jet
- Application of the Boltzmann Equation to a Jet
of Monoatomic Gas
- Characterization of a Particle Source and
Extraction of the Molecular Beam
- The Condensation in a Supersonic Free Jet
- Some Different Topics
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