Low frequency waves and turbulence in magnetized laboratory plasmas and in the ionosphere /

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"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift waves with warm ions -- 8. Electrostatic drift waves with viscosity due to ion-ion collisions -- 9. Experimental results -- 10. Velocity shear driven instabilities -- 11. Ionospheric conditions -- 12. Inhomogeneous plasma temperatures -- 13. Waves in a gravitational plasma ionospherepart III. Linear kinetic models -- 14. Kinetic models for electrostatic drift wavespart IV. Linear drift Alfv?en waves -- 15. Electromagnetic modespart V. Weakly nonlinear waves -- 16. Classifications of turbulence conditions -- 17. Weakly nonlinear waves in homogeneously magnetized plasmas -- 18. Weakly nonlinear electrostatic drift wavespart VI. Randomly varying fields and turbulence -- 19. Elements of statistical analysis -- 20. A reference model -- 21. Random walk and classical diffusion -- 22. Turbulence in two and three spatial dimensions -- 23. Low frequency turbulence in magnetized plasmas -- 24. Turbulence in the ionosphere -- 25. Turbulent diffusionpart VII. Analytical tools in turbulence -- 26. Langevin's model for Brownian motion -- 27. Markov processes -- 28. The quasi-normal approximation -- 29. The direct interaction approximation -- 30. Diagram methodsAppendices. A. List of symbols used in the analysis of electrostatic drift waves -- B. Chemistry of the ionosphere -- C. Collisional cross-sections -- D. Negative temperatures.Low Frequency Waves and Turbulence in Magnetized Laboratory Plasmas and in the Ionosphere was developed from courses taught by the author at the universities of Oslo and Tromso in Norway. Suitable for undergraduates, graduate students and researchers, the first part of the book is devoted to discussing some relevant plasma instabilities and the free energy that drives them. In the second part, the more advanced topics of nonlinear models and the interactions of many modes are discussed. Theoretical tools available for turbulence modelling are also outlined. The book summarizes a number of studies of low-frequency plasma waves, drift waves in particular, from laboratory and space experiments.Graduate students and researchers in plasma physics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Hans P?ecseli is professor in plasma-space physics at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has contributed to the literature on plasma and space physics, meteorology and also marine biology. Professor P?ecseli served as a member of the sub-committees of the national science foundations in Norway and Denmark, and as consultant for the national science foundations in Sweden and Finland. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters.Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 7, 2016).

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Plasma (Ionized gases)
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