Methods in Nonlinear Plasma Theory
✍ Scribed by RONALD C. DAVIDSON (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 359
- Series
- Pure and Applied Physics 37
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Content:
Inside Front Cover
Page ii
Front Matter
Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Dedication
Page v
Preface
Page xiii
Acknowledgments
Page xv
General References
Page xvii
1 - Introduction
Pages 3-14
2 - The Korteweg–De Vries Equation—A Weakly Nonlinear Theory of Ion Sound Waves
Pages 15-32
3 - Large-Amplitude Electron Plasma Oscillations
Pages 33-53
4 - Strong Wave–Particle Interactions—Particle Trapping
Pages 54-88
5 - Plasma Echoes
Pages 89-100
6 - Coherent Nonlinear Wave–Wave Interactions
Pages 101-129
7 - Statistical Frameworks for Weak Plasma Turbulence
Pages 133-150
8 - Weak Turbulence Theory of Electrostatic Wave–Particle Interactions
Pages 151-173
9 - Stabilization of the Weak Electron Beam (Bump-In-Tail) Instability
Pages 174-197
10 - Stabilization of the Ion Loss-Cone Instability
Pages 198-205
11 - Electron Heating by Electron–Ion Beam Instabilities
Pages 206-221
12 - Weak Turbulence Theory of Electromagnetic Wave–Particle Interactions
Pages 222-242
13 - Weak Turbulence Theory of Nonlinear Wave–Wave Interactions
Pages 243-273
14 - General Weak Turbulence Theory of Nonlinear Electrostatic Interactions
Pages 274-317
APPENDIX A - The Korteweg–De Vries Equation and the Inverse Scattering Problem
Pages 318-320
APPENDIX B - Matrix Symmetries
Pages 321-322
APPENDIX C - Phase-Mixing of Free-Streaming Correlations
Page 323
APPENDIX D - Second-Order Two-Body Correlations in a Weakly Turbulent Plasma
Pages 324-333
APPENDIX E - Nonlinear Wave–Particle Coupling Coefficients
Pages 334-339
Author Index
Pages 341-347
Subject Index
Pages 348-356
Pure and Applied Physics: A Series of Monographs and Textbooks
Pages 357-358
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