Waves and oscillations in plasmas

Front Cover......Page 1
Waves and Oscillations in Plasmas......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Content......Page 8
Preface......Page 18
1. Introduction......Page 24
2. Basics of Continuum Models......Page 28
3. Linear Wave Dynamics......Page 52
4. Weakly Nonlinear Waves......Page 68
5. Basics of Electromagnetism......Page 96
6. Natural Occurrences of Plasmas......Page 132
7. Single Particle Motion......Page 142
8. Basic Plasma Parameters......Page 172
9. Experimental Devices......Page 204
10. Magneto-Hydrodynamics by Brute Force......Page 228
11. Plasma as a Mixture of Charged Gases......Page 268
12. Waves in Cold Plasmas......Page 282
13. Electrostatic Waves in Warm Homogeneous and Isotropic Plasmas......Page 312
14. Fluid Models for Nonlinear Electrostatic Waves: Isotropic Case......Page 322
15. Small Amplitude Waves in Anisotropic Warm Plasmas......Page 348
16. Fluid Models for Nonlinear Electrostatic Waves: Magnetized Case......Page 358
17. Linear Drift Waves......Page 366
18. Weakly Nonlinear Electrostatic Drift Waves......Page 410
19. Kinetic Plasma Theory......Page 426
20. Kinetic Description of Electron Plasma Waves......Page 436
21. Kinetic Plasma Sound Waves......Page 466
22. Nonlinear Kinetic Equilibria......Page 488
23. Nonlinear Landau Damping......Page 496
24. Quasi-linear Theory......Page 506
A: A Short Tour of Plasma Instabilities......Page 518
B: Collisional Cross Sections......Page 528
C: The Plasma Dispersion Function......Page 536
D: Mathematical Theorems......Page 540
E: Useful Vector Relations......Page 544
F: Numbers to Remember......Page 548
Bibliography......Page 552