Waves and instabilities in plasmas : [... made up of notes for the Advanced School on Waves and Instabilities in Plasmas

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. Front Matter....Pages ii-vii Basic Physics of Plasma....Pages 1-37 Basic Features of the Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves and of Waves-Particles Interaction....Pages 39-90 Methods in Magneto-Hydrodynamic Stability Theory....Pages 91-116 Electrostatic Waves and Instabilities in Homogeneous, Magnetized Plasmas....Pages 117-170 Collective Scattering in Gases and Plasmas....Pages 171-226 Radiofrequency Plasma Heating and Current Drive Basic Aspects....Pages 227-282