Instabilities in Space and Laboratory Plasmas

ISBN: 9780521379625 出版年：1986 页码：294 D B Melrose Cambridge University Press

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.