Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

(C. Jardin) #1

double adiabatic laws
derivation of, 49
Dreicer electric field, 395
drift equations, 73
curvature drift, 80
derivation of, 75
drift in arbitrary force field, 78
grad B drift, 80
grad B force, 78
polarization drift, 78
drift wave, 249
collisional, 253
collisionless, 258
destabilization of, 257, 262
features, 257
nonlinear pumping of plasma, 257
drifts
curvature, 80
E x B, 73, 75
force, 75
generalization to arbitrary fre-
quency, 110
grad B, 80
polarization, 78, 80
dumbell wave normal surface, 191
dust
charge on grain, 486
charging of grains, 485
levitation, 505
dust acoustic waves, 491
dust charging, 504
dust ion acoustic waves, 494
dusty plasma, 483
crystalization criterion, 501
crystallization (condensation), 495
parameter space, 490
dynamic equilibria, 274, 286


E cross B drift, 73, 80
echoes, 412
higher order, 426
spatial, 425
effective potential, 99
electric field
runaway (Dreicer), 395
electromagnetic plasma wave


in inhomogeneous plasma, 211
electromagnetic wave
derivation of, 130
in decay instability, 442
electron plasma wave, 129
in decay instability, 440
electrostatic ion cyclotron wave, 263
ellipsoid wave normal surface, 191
energy
inductive, 273
per helicity, 344
wave, 219
energy conservation
in nonlinear waves, 399
energy equation
adiabatic limit, 40
isothermal limit, 40
wave, 219
energy equation, two-fluid, 40
energy principle, 306
energy transfer between waves and
particles, 114
entropy
collisions, 43
conservation of, 413
of a distribution function, 41
equilibrium
impossibility of spherically sym-
metric MHD, 295
stable v. unstable, 298
extraordinary wave, 186

fast mode, 134, 192
Fermi acceleration, 88
first adiabatic invariant, 82
floating potential, 57
flow (MHD accelerated), 286
compressible, 291
incompressible, 286
stagnation of, 294
flux
accumulation of toroidalflux in
flow, 294
frozen-in, inductance, 272
poloidal, 97
private and public, 379

530
Free download pdf