Polarization and Directional Effects in the Radiation from Plasmas
Description
The most informative way to study laboratory and astrophysical plasmas is by analysing their radiation. In many situations, radiation from plasmas has a preferred direction: either the direction of the linearly-polarized field, or the direction perpendicular to the field polarization plane in cases of circular or elliptical polarization. Due to the existence of the preferred direction, there are polarization and directional effects in the radiation from plasmas.
The book covers various polarization and directional effects in the radiation of satellites of spectral lines from plasmas, in the intra-Stark spectroscopy of plasmas, in the Stark broadening of spectral lines by a high-energy hydrogen or deuterium beam, or by a relativistic electron beam in magnetic fusion plasmas, in the Stark broadening of spectral lines in strongly-magnetized plasmas, in the radiation of plasma-based x-ray lasers, and in the laser-induced fluorescence from plasmas.
Collecting together all the significant and latest literature on the topic, this is an ideal reference text for research physicists and graduate students. Ultimately, it will enable readers to comprehend the interconnections between different polarization and directional effects in the radiation from plasmas and to engage in the corresponding research with the necessary physical background.
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Professor Eugene Oks received his PhD degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and later the highest degree of Doctor of Sciences from the Institute of General Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR by the decision of the Scientific Council led by the Nobel Prize winner, academician A M Prokhorov. His research has included atomic and molecular physics, plasma physics, laser physics, astrophysics, and nonlinear dynamics. He has also discovered new research areas such as intra-Stark spectroscopy and quantum chaos and has consequently published over 600 papers and thirteen books on relevant subjects. Professor Oks works at Auburn University and is continuing his research into theoretical atomic and molecular physics, plasma physics, and astrophysics.
Content
1 Introduction
2 Polarization and directional effects in the radiation of satellites of hydrogenic spectral lines from plasmas and their applications
3 Polarization and directional effects in the radiation of satellites of non-hydrogenic spectral lines from plasmas
4 Polarization and directional effects in the intra-Stark spectroscopy of plasmas
5 Polarization and directional effects in the non-resonant coupling of the monochromatic and quasistatic electric fields in plasmas
6 Polarization and directional effects in the anisotropic Stark broadening of hydrogen spectral lines due to the motion of the radiating ions
7 Polarization and directional effects in the radiation of plasma-based x-ray lasers
8 Polarization and directional effects in the Stark broadening of spectral lines by a relativistic electron beam in magnetic fusion plasmas
9 Polarization and directional effects in the Stark broadening of spectral lines in strongly-magnetized plasmas
10 Polarization and directional effects in the laser-induced fluorescence from plasmas and their applications
