Lectures on Non-linear Plasma Kinetics

Lectures on Non-linear Plasma Kinetics is an introduction to modern nonlinear plasma physics. Emphasis is placed on the explanation of nonlinear processes and the radical change of cross-sections by collective effects. With its illustrations and detailed descriptions, the book will interest newcomers as well as experts in the field.

1. Non-linear Plasma Kinetics in Modern Physics.- 2. Collective Plasma Oscillations.- 3. Kinetics of Random Collective Excitations. Quasi-linear Interactions.- 4. Fluctuations and Particle Collisions.- 5. General Theory of Non-linear Interactions.- 6. Stimulated Scattering of Waves by Particles.- 7. Plasma Turbulence.- 8. Non-linear Decay Interactions.- 9. Non-linear Modulational Interactions.- 10. Dissipative Structures and Strong Langmuir Turbulence.- 11. Plasma Maser Effect and Adiabatic Invariants in Non-linear Interactions.- 12. Non-linear Interactions of Collective Oscillationsb and Waves with Particle Fluctuations.- 13. Collective Effects in Bremsstrahlung of Plasma Particles.- 14. Some Remarks on Plasma Non-linear Kinetics in External Magnetic Fields. Conclusion.

"...can be recommended not only to postgraduate students in plasma physics but also to active researchers, who will find quite a few new ways of approach to many a problem they are concerned with and possibly many subjects they are not so familiar with." Institute of Physics

"...can be recommended not only to postgraduate students in plasma physics but also to active researchers, who will find quite a few new ways of approach to many a problem they are concerned with and possibly many subjects they are not so familiar with." Institute of Physics