Reviews of Plasma Physics Volume 13

Reviews of Plasma Physics Volume 13 / edited by B. Kadomtsev.

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kadomtsev, B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Nuclear physics.
Heavy ions.
Mathematical physics.
Plasma (Ionized gases).
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Table of Contents:
  • Particle Dynamics in Magnetic Traps
  • 1. Introduction. Budker’s Problem
  • 2. Choice of Unperturbed System
  • 3. A Few Examples
  • 4. Adiabatic Perturbation
  • 5. Insignificant Effect of Perturbation
  • 6. Nonlinear Resonances
  • 7. Resonant ??
  • 8. Mapping
  • 9. Standard Mapping
  • 10. Limit of Global Stability
  • 11. Local Diffusion
  • 12. Dynamic Correlations
  • 13. Global Diffusion
  • 14. Cohen’s Mapping
  • 15. Remarks on Adiabatic Invariance
  • References
  • Transport Processes in Axisymmetric Open Traps
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Plasma Equilibrium
  • 3. Drift Motion of Charged Particles in Open Traps
  • 4. Neoclassical Transport in Open Traps
  • 5. Resonant Stochastic Transport in Open Traps
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
  • Appendix 5
  • References
  • Classical Longitudinal Plasma Losses from Open Adiabatic Traps
  • 1. Basic Principles of Plasma Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps
  • 2. Electron Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps
  • 3. Ion Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps
  • 4. Traps with Improved Longitudinal Plasma Confinement
  • References
  • Spectral-Line Broadening in a Plasma
  • 1. General Equations for the Intensity Distribution in a Line
  • 2. Plasma Microfield
  • 3. Line-Broadening Mechanisms in a Plasma Character of Atom Interaction with a Plasma Microfield
  • 4. Static Theory and Its Generalizations
  • 5. Impact Theory of Broadening by Particles and Waves
  • 6. Transition from the Impact to the Static Broadening Mechanism
  • 7. Comparison of Theory with Experiment Conclusions
  • References
  • Electron Cyclotron Plasma Heating in Tokamaks
  • 1. Electromagnetic Waves in the Region of Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Frequencies
  • 2. Electron-Cyclotron Resonance in a Homogeneous Plasma with Allowance for the Thermal Motion of the Electrons
  • 3. Poynting Vector and Energy Absorption in Cyclotron Resonance
  • 4. Accessibility of Resonances in a Tokamak
  • 5. Cyclotron Damping of Waves in the Model of One-Dimensional Inhomogeneity
  • 6. Reflection of Waves from a Resonance Region
  • 7. Linear Transformation of Waves Near the Upper Hybrid Resonance
  • 8. Eikonal Equation in the Vicinity of the Cyclotron Resonance and Ray Trajectories of Waves
  • 9. Applicability of Geometric Optics in the Vicinity of Cyclotron Resonance
  • 10. Ray Trajectories and Wave Absorption in Tokamaks
  • 11. Role of Nonlinear Effects in Electron-Cyclotron Heating
  • References.

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