Akhiezer / Polovin / Ter Haar Collective Oscillations in a Plasma

International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4831-8589-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF

International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy: Collective Oscillations in a Plasma, Volume 7 presents specific topics within the general field of radio waves propagation. This book contains five chapters that address the theory of linear oscillations in a plasma, the spectra of the eigen oscillations, and the mechanism of high-frequency heating. The opening chapters deal with the self-consistent fields; development of initial perturbation; dispersion permittivity tensor of a plasma in a magnetic field; effect of thermal motion of particles on low-frequency resonances; excitation of oscillations by modulated azimuthal currents; and cyclotron damping of low-frequency oscillations. The next chapters describe the nature of beam instability, the fluctuations in a free equilibrium plasma, and the current causing scattered waves. A study of the probability of scattering is presented. The concluding chapters are devoted to the scattering of electromagnetic waves in a plasma-beam system and the coefficient of reflection determination. The book can provide useful information to scientists, physicists, students, and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akhiezer, A. I.

Polovin, R. V.

Ter Haar, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Collective Oscillations in a Plasma;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Foreword;10
6;CHAPTER I. Spectra of Eigen Oscillations of a Free Plasma†;12
6.1;1. Kinetic Equations;12
6.2;2. Electron Oscillations;15
6.3;3. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor of a Plasma;28
7;CHAPTER II. Spectra of Plasma Oscillations in a Magnetic Field;37
7.1;4. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field;37
7.2;5. Longitudinal Oscillations of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field;46
7.3;6. Cyclotron and Cherenkov Damping of Electron Oscillations;54
7.4;7. Ion-Cyclotron and Magnetohydrodynamic Waves;61
7.5;8. Low-frequency Oscillations of a Non-Isothermal Plasma in a Magnetic Field;69
7.6;9. Excitation of Oscillations in a Plasma by External Currents;74
8;CHAPTER III. Stable and Unstable Particle Distributions in a Plasma;79
8.1;10. Interaction of a Flux of Charged Particles with Oscillations of a Free Plasma;79
8.2;11. Interaction of a Flux of Charged Particles with Oscillations of a Plasma in a Magnetic Field;89
8.3;12. General Stability and Instability Conditions for Particle Distributions in a Plasma;97
8.4;13. Absolute and Convective Instabilities; Amplification and Blocking of Oscillations;107
9;CHAPTER IV. Fluctuations in a Plasma;121
9.1;14. Electromagnetic Fluctuations in an Equilibrium Plasma;121
9.2;15. Fluctuations in a Two-Temperature Plasma;129
9.3;16. Fluctuations in a Non-Equilibrium Plasma;138
10;CHAPTER V. Wave Scattering and Transformation and Scattering of Charged Particles in a Plasma;147
10.1;17. Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in a Free Plasma;147
10.2;18. Transformation of Transverse and Longitudinal Waves in a Plasma;164
10.3;19. Incoherent Reflexion of Electromagnetic Waves from a Plasma;166
10.4;20. Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma in a Magnetic Field;172
10.5;21. Passage of Charged Particles through a Free Plasma;180
10.6;22. Passage of Charged Particles through a Plasma in a Magnetic Field;185
11;Bibliography;192
12;Index;198