Ebook: Modulational Interactions in Plasmas

Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic. It adopts a simple and universal approach, based on new methods developed for the description of modulation interactions in arbitrary media. Emphasis is given to the role of modulational interactions in fundamental topics, such as laser acceleration, the generation of strong magnetic fields, r.f. plasma heating and current drive, physical phenomena in active geophysical and space experiments, interactions of r.f. radiation with the ionosphere, etc. The methods employed can also be applied to other areas of physics.
Audience: Researchers in plasma and laser physics, and nonlinear optics.

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Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic. It adopts a simple and universal approach, based on new methods developed for the description of modulation interactions in arbitrary media. Emphasis is given to the role of modulational interactions in fundamental topics, such as laser acceleration, the generation of strong magnetic fields, r.f. plasma heating and current drive, physical phenomena in active geophysical and space experiments, interactions of r.f. radiation with the ionosphere, etc. The methods employed can also be applied to other areas of physics.
Audience: Researchers in plasma and laser physics, and nonlinear optics.

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Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic. It adopts a simple and universal approach, based on new methods developed for the description of modulation interactions in arbitrary media. Emphasis is given to the role of modulational interactions in fundamental topics, such as laser acceleration, the generation of strong magnetic fields, r.f. plasma heating and current drive, physical phenomena in active geophysical and space experiments, interactions of r.f. radiation with the ionosphere, etc. The methods employed can also be applied to other areas of physics.
Audience: Researchers in plasma and laser physics, and nonlinear optics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-14
Modulational Interactions in Physics....Pages 15-53
Modulational Interaction of Potential Electric Fields....Pages 55-118
Higher Nonlinearities....Pages 119-159
Strongly Nonlinear Plasma Waves....Pages 161-204
Excitation of Magnetic Fields....Pages 205-227
Homogeneous Plasmas in External Magnetic Field....Pages 229-273
Bounded and Inhomogeneous Plasmas in External Magnetic Field....Pages 275-326
Instabilities in Collisional Plasmas....Pages 327-381
Instabilities of Surface Waves....Pages 383-427
Two Monochromatic Pump Waves....Pages 429-458
Modulational Processes and Weak Plasma Turbulence....Pages 459-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-539

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Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic. It adopts a simple and universal approach, based on new methods developed for the description of modulation interactions in arbitrary media. Emphasis is given to the role of modulational interactions in fundamental topics, such as laser acceleration, the generation of strong magnetic fields, r.f. plasma heating and current drive, physical phenomena in active geophysical and space experiments, interactions of r.f. radiation with the ionosphere, etc. The methods employed can also be applied to other areas of physics.
Audience: Researchers in plasma and laser physics, and nonlinear optics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-14
Modulational Interactions in Physics....Pages 15-53
Modulational Interaction of Potential Electric Fields....Pages 55-118
Higher Nonlinearities....Pages 119-159
Strongly Nonlinear Plasma Waves....Pages 161-204
Excitation of Magnetic Fields....Pages 205-227
Homogeneous Plasmas in External Magnetic Field....Pages 229-273
Bounded and Inhomogeneous Plasmas in External Magnetic Field....Pages 275-326
Instabilities in Collisional Plasmas....Pages 327-381
Instabilities of Surface Waves....Pages 383-427
Two Monochromatic Pump Waves....Pages 429-458
Modulational Processes and Weak Plasma Turbulence....Pages 459-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-539
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