D. B. Melrose

Instabilities in Space and Laboratory Plasmas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory account of instabilities in plasmas concentrates on laboratory plasmas, such as those encountered in fusion research, and the space plasmas studied in physics of the magnetosphere and solar atmosphere. This account bridges the gap between a graduate textbook on plasma physics, and specialized similarities between astrophysical and laboratory plasmas that are traditionally regarded as quite separate. The author, an expert in plasma astrophysics who has written a two-volume book on the subject, treats the material naturally, lending a broader perspective to the subject. This is an instructional text for graduate students and professionals in magnetospheric and mathematical physics, radiophysics, solar and theoretical astrophysics and radio astronomy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780521379625
• ISBN-10: 0521379628
• Artikelnr.: 22420010

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Plasma formulary
Part I. Introduction To Plasma Theory: 1. Introduction
2. The response of an unmagnetized plasma
Part II. Instabilities In Unmagnetized Plasmas: 3. Reactive instabilities
4. Kinetic instabilities
5. Particle motions in waves
6. Weak turbulence theory
7. Nonlinear instabilities and strong turbulence
Part III. Collision-Dominated Magnetized Plasmas: 8. Magnetohydrodynamics
9. MHD instabilities
Part IV. Instabilities In Magnetized Collisionless Plasmas: 10. Dispersion in a magnetized plasma
11. Electron cyclotron maser emission
12. Instabilities in warm and in inhomogeneous plasmas
13. Instabilities due to anisotropic fast particles
Appendices
Bibliographical notes
References
List of commonly used symbols
Author index
Subject index.