Handbook on Plasma Instabilities (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Handbook on Plasma Instabilities 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Contents of Volumes 1 and 2 10
List of Symbols 12
Chapter 18. Feedback and Dynamic Stabilization 24
18.1 Fundamentals 24
18.2 Theory of Feedback Stabilization 32
18.3 Feedback Stabilization of Macroscopic Instabilities 41
18.4 Feedback Stabilization of Microscopic Instabilities 57
18.5 Theory of Dynamic Stabilization 63
18.6 Dynamic Stabilization of Macroscopic Instabilities 72
18.7 Dynamic Stabilization of Microscopic Instabilities 84
18.8 Nonlinear Effects in Feedback and Dynamic Stabilization 105
Chapter 19. Nonlinear Effects 120
19.1 Classification and Survey 120
19.2 Large Amplitude Waves and Solitons 128
19.3 Wave-Wave Interaction 156
19.4 Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interaction 166
19.5 Nonlinear Stabilization of Instabilities 181
19.6 Turbulence, Fluctuations, and Turbulent Transport 189
19.7 Plasma Echoes 200
19.8 Intrinsic Nonlinear Instabilities 205
19.9 Nonlinear Mathematical and Numerical Methods 215
Chapter 20. Laser Plasmas 218
20.1 Laser Fusion 218
20.2 Lasers 220
20.3 Plasma Production and Heating 220
20.4 Critical Density and Profile Modification 222
20.5 Light Reflection and Absorption 226
20.6 Instabilities 232
20.7 Generation of Harmonics and Nonlinear Effects 233
20.8 Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields 237
Chapter 21. Applications and Use of Instabilities and Waves 240
21.1 Plasma Heating Methods 240
21.2 Radiofrequency Heating 247
21.3 Heating by Instabilities and by Electrostatic Waves 261
21.4 Current Drive, Particle Acceleration, and Other Applications 267
21.5 Turbulent and Stochastic Heating 272
21.6 Instabilities in Solid State Plasmas 276
Chapter 22. Plasma Instabilities in Cosmic Space 282
22.1 Solar and Stellar Plasma 282
22.2 Solar Wind, Interplanetary, and Interstellar Plasma 285
22.3 Particle Trapping and the Radiation Belts 291
22.4 The Ionosphere 298
22.5 Magnetospheres 301
22.6 Waves and Particle Emissions, Cosmic Rays, Pulsars, and Quasars 312
22.7 Shock Waves, Turbulence, Dynamo Effect 317
References 322
Index 444
Errata for Volumes 1 and 2 494