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Plasma Instabilities and Nonlinear Effects

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  • © 1975

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Authors:
  1. Akira Hasegawa

    1. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA

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Part of the book series: Physics and Chemistry in Space (SPACE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction to Plasma Instabilities

    • Akira Hasegawa
    Pages 1-26

  3. Microinstabilities — Instabilities Due to Velocity Space Nonequilibrium

    • Akira Hasegawa
    Pages 27-109

  4. Macroinstabilities — Instabilities Due to Coordinate Space Nonequilibrium

    • Akira Hasegawa
    Pages 110-144

  5. Nonlinear Effects Associated with Plasma Instabilities

    • Akira Hasegawa
    Pages 145-206

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-217
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About this book

In recent years the significant progress in satellite-based observations of plasma states and associated electromagnetic phenomena in space has resulted in the accumulation of much evidence of various plasma instabilities. Today plasma instabilities are believed to be responsible for electromagnetic radiation as well as for many of the macroscopic dynamics of plasmas in space. Most students who begin to study plasma physics are intrigued by the unstable nature of plasmas compared with other states of matter; however, they often become frustrated because there are so many in­ stabilities. Such frustration explains in part why there is no textbook which treats this subject exclusively. A description of plasma instabilities in a systematic way is nontrivial and takes a pertinacious effort. This book is an attempt to provide a basic introduction on the subject and covers most of the important instabilities. However, the author must apologize for any omission of references to contributions of individuals who deserve more credit. The reader is assumed to have a general knowledge of plasma physics obtainable in an undergraduate course. The book is intended to be used as a reference text on the subject of plasma instabilities at the under­ graduate level as well as for a text in a special course in graduate school. Because the book is part of a series on physics and chemistry in space, emphasis is placed on plasma instabilities relevant in space plasmas.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA

    Akira Hasegawa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plasma Instabilities and Nonlinear Effects

  • Authors: Akira Hasegawa

  • Series Title: Physics and Chemistry in Space

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65980-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65982-9Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65980-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0079-1938

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 220

  • Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Geophysics/Geodesy

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