Collective Oscillations in a Plasma (eBook)

International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy

A. I. Akhiezer, I. A. Akhiezer, R. V. Polovin (Autoren)

D. ter Haar (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-8589-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-8589-3 / 1483185893
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-8589-7 / 9781483185897