Plasma Physics
Academic Press
Published on 27. February 1971
469 pages
978-0-08-085986-6 (ISBN)
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Plasma Physics
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Ladislaus Marton
Plasma Physics: Part A
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- Front Cover
- Plasma Physics
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 9, PART A
- CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 9, PART A
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE TO VOLUME 9
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 9, PART B
- CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 9, PART B
- LIST OF SYMBOLS
- Chapter I. Plasma Waves and Echoes
- 1.1. Plasma Waves
- 1.2. Observation of Plasma Waves
- 1.3. Plasma Wave Echoes
- 1.4. Observations of Echoes
- Chapter 2. Microwave Scattering from Plasmas
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The Electromagnetic Problem
- 2.3. The Fluctuation Problem
- 2.4. The Experimental Problem
- Chapter 3. Plasma Diagnostics by Light Scattering
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Theory of Light Scattering
- 3.3. Major Design Parameters of a Scattering Experiment
- 3.4. Optical Systems
- 3.5. Interpretation of Data
- 3.6. Appendix
- Chapter 4. Atomic Processes
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Experimental Methods of Plasma Analysis
- 4.3. Specific Atomic Processes in Plasmas
- 4.4. Useful Supplementary Material
- Chapter 5. Plasma Heating by Strong Shock Waves
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Experimental Components of Electromagnetic Shock Tubes
- 5.3. System Performance and Experimental Results
- Chapter 6. Collisionless Shock Waves in Laboratory Plasmas
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Theoretical Models for the Formation and Structure of Shock Waves
- 6.3. Experimental Methods
- 6.4. Experimental Results
- Chapter 7. High-Frequency Instabilities
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Driving Mechanisms for High-Frequency Instabilities
- 7.3. Types of Distributions That Are Unstable
- 7.4. Linear Theory and Dispersion Relation
- 7.5. Absolute and Convectivc Instabilities
- 7.6. Longitudinal (Electrostatic) Instabilities
- 7.7. Transverse (Electromagnetic) Instabilities
- 7.8. Computer Simulation Experiments
- Chapter 8. Low-Frequency InstabiIities
- 8.1. Classification of Low-Frequency Instabilities
- 8.2. Growth Rates of Low-Frequency Instabilities
- 8.3. Relation to Experiment
- 8.4. Experiments
- 8.5. Experimental Methods To Study Low-Frequency Oscillations
- 8.6. Conclusions
- Chapter 9. Collisional Drift Instabilities
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Theory
- 9.3. Experiment
- 9.4. Instability Identification
- 9.5. Mode Stabilizations
- 9.6. Critical Fluctuations
- 9.7. Amplitudes in Stable and Unstable Regimes
- 9.8. Enhanced Radial Plasma Transport Caused by Collisional Drift Waves
- 9.9. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 10. Instabilities of High-Beta Plasmas
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Examples of High-Beta Systems-Methods of Plasma Production
- 10.3. Theory
- 10.4. Diagnostic Measurements
- 10.5. Experimental Investigation of High-Beta Instabilities
- 10.6. Dynamic and Feedback Stabilization
- 10.7. Future Trends
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
