Handbook on Plasma Instabilities

Handbook on Plasma Instabilities, Volume 2 consists of four chapters on plasma instabilities.
Chapter 14 discusses the various aspects of microinstabilities. Beam-plasma systems are covered in Chapter 15, while the various stabilization methods are presented in Chapter 16. This book concludes with deliberations on parametric effects in Chapter 17.
Other topics discussed include the microinstabilities of a homogeneous unmagnetized plasma; kinetic theory of macroscopic instabilities; basic beam physics; and beam-plasma instabilities. The magnetic field configuration stabilization; macroscopic nonmagnetic stabilization methods; parametric instabilities in homogeneous unmagnetized plasmas; and parametric effects in bounded and inhomogeneous plasmas are also elaborated in this text.
This publication is beneficial to students and researchers conducting work on unstable plasma.

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Preface
List of Symbols
Contents of Volumes 1 and 3
14 Microinstabilities
14.1 Classification of Microinstabilities and the Gardner-Newcomb Theorem
14.2 Microinstabilities of a Homogeneous Unmagnetized Plasma
14.3 Microinstabilities of a Homogeneous Magnetized Plasma with Isotropic Distribution Function
14.4 Microinstabilities of a Homogeneous Magnetized Plasma with an Anisotropic Distribution Function
14.5 Microinstabilities in an Inhomogeneous Plasma
14.6 Collisional Microinstabilities
14.7 Kinetic Theory of Macroscopic Instabilities
14.8 Trapped Particle Instabilities
14.9 Instabilities in Charge Excess Plasmas
14.10 Anomalous Transport
14.11 Scaling Laws and Discharge Regimes
15 Beam Plasma Systems
15.1 Basic Beam Physics
15.2 Beam-Plasma Instabilities
15.3 Nonlinear Beam Problems
15.4 Beam Heating of Plasmas
16 Methods of Stabilization
16.1 Magnetic Field Configuration Stabilization
16.2 Macroscopic Nonmagnetic Stabilization Methods
16.3 Microscopic Stabilization Methods
17 Parametric Effects
17.1 Basic Concepts
17.2 Parametric Instabilities in Homogeneous Unmagnetized Plasmas
17.3 Parametric Instabilities in Homogeneous Magnetized Plasmas
17.4 Parametric Effects in Bounded and Inhomogeneous Plasmas
17.5 Relativistic and Beam Effects
17.6 Nonlinear Effects
References
Errors in Volume 1
Subject Index