Horton W., Ichikawa Y-H. Chaos and Structures in Nonlinear Plasmas

Cаmbridge Univеrsity Prеss, 1997, ISBN: 0521599180, 0521402069, 378 pages This book provides a self-contained introduction to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), with emphasis on nonlinear processes. The book outlines the conventional aspects of MHD theory, magnetostatic equilibrium and linear stability theory. It concentrates on nonlinear theory, starting with the evolution and saturation of individual ideal and resistive instabilities, continuing wit...

For the last 30 years, international summer schools in plasma physics have been held at Culham Laboratory, in Oxfordshire. Culham is the United Kingdom centre for research in magnetically confined fusion plasmas, and is the site of the Joint European Torus. This book has been developed from lectures given at these schools, and provides a wide-ranging introduction to the theoretical and experimental study of plasmas and their applications. The fir...

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010, 319 pages This invaluable book provides a unique opportunity to embrace the complex and fascinating theory of relaxation processes in magnetized plasmas, both in astrophysics and in controlled fusion plasmas. The subjects range from dynamo and reconnection processes in magneto-hydrodynamics and electromagnetic turbulence to fast transport events in self-organized turbulence. Such phenomena, recognized...

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2009, 732 pages This monograph presents an up to date perspective of gas discharge physics and its applications to various industries. It starts from a comprehensive overview of the different types to generate plasmas by DC discharges, capacitive and inductive radiofrequency coupling, helicon waves including electron cyclotron resonance, and ion beams. To compare these theories with inert plasmas, a fundamental descript...

Springer Science+Business Media, 2011, 206 pages This book provides an overview of the basic concepts and new methods in the emerging scientific area known as quantum plasmas. In the near future, quantum effects in plasmas will be unavoidable, particularly in high density scenarios such as those in the next-generation intense laser-solid density plasma experiment or in compact astrophysics objects. Currently, plasmas are in the forefront of man...

Springer, 2010, 533 pages A nonlinearity is one of the most important notions in modern physics. A plasma is rich in nonlinearities and provides a variety of behaviors inherent to instabilities, coherent wave structures and turbulence. The book covers the basic concepts and mathematical methods, necessary to comprehend nonlinear problems widely encountered in contemporary plasmas, but also in other fields of physics and current research on self...

Springer-Verlag, 1999, 271 p. Introduction Equilibria of Z-Pinch Plasmas Dynamics of Z-Pinch Plasmas Stability of Z-Pinch Plasmas Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of a Plasma Accelerated by Magnetic Pressure Stability of Dynamic Z-Pinches and Liners Applications of Z Pinches Conclusions References Index

Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2008, 370 p. Complex plasmas are dusty plasmas in which the density and electric charges of the dust grains are sufficiently high to induce long-range grain-grain interactions, as well as strong absorption of charged-plasma components. Together with the sources replenishing the plasma such systems form a highly dissipative thermodynamically open system that exhibits many features of collective behaviour generally foun...

Imperial College Press, Singapore, 2005, 439 p. The physics of complex plasma systems containing a colloid macroscopic particle component (dust) is a rapidly emerging area at the forefront of the physics and chemistry of plasmas and gas discharges, space physics and astrophysics, and materials science and engineering. Complex plasma systems with nano- and microscopic particle inclusions is now a hot topic for many research areas. Such plasma syst...

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1995, 539 pages. Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic. It adopts a simple and universal approach, based on new methods developed for the description of modulation interactions in arbitrary media. Emphasis is given to the role of modulational interactions in fundamental topics, such as laser acceleration, the gene...