1st Edition
Electromagnetic Instabilities in an Inhomogeneous Plasma
By A.B Mikhailovskii
Copyright 1992
189 Pages
by
CRC Press
320 Pages
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CRC Press
189 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Electromagnetic Instabilities in an Inhomogeneous Plasma presents a comprehensive survey of the theory of electromagnetic instabilities in a magnetized inhomogeneous plasma, mainly in the classical approximation of straight and parallel magnetic field lines as well as magnetic-field curvature effects. Using his expertise and experience, the author skillfully guides the reader through the theory;... Read more
General dispersion relation for a collisionless inhomogeneous plasma. Simplified dispersion relations. Inertial magneto-drift instabilities in a collisionless finite-B plasma. Alfven magneto-drift instabilities in a finite-B plasma. Low-frequency instabilities in a two-energy component plasma. Electromagnetic instabilities in a strongly inhomogeneous plasma. Description of perturbations in a plasma with transverse current. Transverse-current-drive instabilities. Hydrodynamic description of collisional finite-B plasma perturbations. Starting equations for basic types of hydrodynamic perturbations. Instabilities in a collisional finite-B plasma. Instabilities in force-free and almost force-free high-B plasmas. Electromagnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. Electromagnetic drift instabilities in a low-B plasma. Allowance for magnetic-field curvature effects. Magnetic-field curvature effects in kinetic and two-fluid instabilities. References. Index.
Biography
Mikhailovskii, A.B
