Collective Oscillations in a Plasma

ForewordChapter I. Spectra of Eigen Oscillations of a Free Plasma 1. Kinetic Equations 1. Self-Consistent Fields 2. Binary Collisions 2. Electron Oscillations 1. Development of Initial Perturbation 2. Frequency and Damping of Langmuir Oscillations 3. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor of a Plasma 1. Dispersion Equations for Longitudinal and Transverse Oscillations 2. Low-Frequency Longitudinal Oscillations of a Non-isothermal PlasmaChapter II. Spectra of Plasma Oscillations in a Magnetic Field 4. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Components of Dielectric Permittivity Tensor 2. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor of a Cold Plasma 5. Longitudinal Oscillations of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Frequencies of Plasma Resonances 2. Effect of Thermal Motion of Electrons on High-Frequency Resonances 3. Effect of Thermal Motion of Particles on Low-Frequency Resonances 6. Cyclotron and Cherenkov Damping of Electron Oscillations 1. Cyclotron Damping at Electron Gyro-Resonance 2. Cyclotron Damping at Multiple Electron Gyro-Resonance 3. Cyclotron Damping at Double Resonance 4. Cherenkov Damping of Low-Frequency Electron Oscillations 7. Ion-Cyclotron and Magnetohydrodynamic Waves 1. Low-Frequency Oscillations of a Plasma at Low Pressure 2. Cherenkov Damping of Low-Frequency Oscillations 3. Cyclotron Damping of Low-Frequency Oscillations 4. Cyclotron Damping at Multiple Ion Gyro-Resonance 8. Low-Frequency Oscillations of a Non-isothermal Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Longitudinal Oscillations of a Non-isothermal Plasma at Low Pressure 2. Magnetosonic Waves in a Non-isothermal Plasma 9. Excitation of Oscillations in a Plasma by External Currents 1. Excitation Intensity 2. Excitation of Oscillations by Modulated Azimuthal Currents 3. Excitation of Oscillations by Modulated Axial CurrentsChapter III. Stable and Unstable Particle Distributions in a Plasma 10. Interaction of a Flux of Charged Particles with Oscillations of a Free Plasma 1. Dispersion Equations for a Plasma-Beam System 2. Growing Langmuir and Low-Frequency Oscillations 3. Excitation of Longitudinal Oscillations by a Cold Beam 4. Instability of a Plasma whose Electrons are Moving Relative to the Ions 11. Interaction of a Flux of Charged Particles with Oscillations of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Excitation of Longitudinal Oscillations of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field by a Beam of Electrons 2. Excitation of Low-Frequency Electron Oscillations in a Plasma by a Beam of Electrons 3. Cyclotron Excitation of Ion-Cyclotron and Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in a Cold Plasma by a Beam of Particles 4. Cherenkov Excitation of Magnetosonic Waves in a Hot Plasma by a Beam of Particles 12. General Stability and Instability Conditions for Particle Distributions in a Plasma 1. Stability and Instability Criteria for Particle Distributions in a Free Plasma 2. Two-Beam Instability 3. Stability and Instability Criteria for Electron Distributions of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field 13. Absolute and Convective Instabilities; Amplification and Blocking of Oscillations 1. Criteria of Absolute and Convective Instabilities 2. Criteria for Amplification and Suppression of Oscillations 3. Non-invariant Nature of Concepts of Absolute and Convective Instabilities 4. Nature of Beam InstabilityChapter IV. Fluctuations in a Plasma 14. Electromagnetic Fluctuations in an Equilibrium Plasma 1. Fluctuations in a Free Equilibrium Plasma 2. Fluctuations in an Equilibrium Plasma Located in a Magnetic Field 15. Fluctuations in a Two-Temperature Plasma 1.