This is a comprehensive textbook designed forgraduate and advanced undergraduate students. Both
authors rely on more than 20years of teaching experience in renowned Physics Engineering
courses to writethis book addressing the students' needs.Kinetics and Spectroscopy of Low
Temperature Plasmasderives in a full self-consistent way the electron kinetic theory used
todescribe low temperature plasmas created in the laboratory with an electrical discharge and
presents the main optical spectroscopic diagnostics used to characterizesuch plasmas. The
chapters with the theoretical contents make use of adeductive approach in which the electron
kinetic theory applied to plasmaswith basis on the electron Boltzmann equation is derived from
the basicconcepts of Statistical and Plasma Physics. On the other hand the mainoptical
spectroscopy diagnostics used to characterize experimentally such plasmasare presented and
justified from the point of view of the Atomic and MolecularPhysics.Low temperature plasmas
(LTP) are partially ionized gases with a broaduse in many technological applications such as
microelectronics light sources lasers biology and medicine. LTPs lead to the production of
atomic andmolecular excited states chemically reactive radicals and activated surfacesites
which are in the origin among others of the deposition of thin films advanced nanotechnology
products solar cells highly efficient combustionmotors and treatment of cancer cells.
