This book presents the contents of a CISM Course on waves and instabilities in plasmas. For beginners and for advanced scientists a review is given on the state of knowledge in the field. Customers can obtain a broad survey.

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University of Innsbruck, Austria

F. Cap

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Book Title: Waves and Instabilities in Plasmas
Editors: F. Cap
Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2700-1
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-82636-2Published: 15 December 1994
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-2700-1Published: 04 May 2014
Series ISSN: 0254-1971
Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 282
Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Thermodynamics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Basic Physics of Plasma

Basic Features of the Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves and of Waves-Particles Interaction

Methods in Magneto-Hydrodynamic Stability Theory

Electrostatic Waves and Instabilities in Homogeneous, Magnetized Plasmas

Collective Scattering in Gases and Plasmas

Radiofrequency Plasma Heating and Current Drive Basic Aspects

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