Electromagnetic Fluctuations In Plasma

PrefaceIntroductionList of NotationsReferencesChapter 1 / General Theory of Fluctuations 1. Space-Time Correlation Functions 2. Spectral Distribution of the Fluctuations and Energy Dissipation in the Medium 3. Properties of the Tensor of the Linear Relating Coefficients xij 4. Two-Particle Green's Function ReferencesChapter 2 / Electromagnetic Fluctuations in Mediawith Space-Time Dispersion 1. Dielectric Permittivity Tensor 2. The Wave Equation 3. Dielectric and Magnetic Permittivities in a Medium with Spatial Dispersion 4. Current, Charge, and Field Fluctuations in a Medium 5. Fluctuations in an Isotropic Medium 6. Inversion of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem ReferencesChapter 3 / Electrodynamic Properties of an Electron Plasma 1. Space-Time Dispersion in Plasma 2. Space-Time Correlation Functions for a System of Noninteracting Particles 3. Determination of the Plasma Dielectric Permittivity Tensor 4. Electromagnetic Waves in Plasma 5. Relativistic Plasma 6. Nonequilibrium Plasma and StabilityReferencesChapter 4 / Electromagnetic Fluctuations in an Electron Plasma 1. Fluctuations in an Electron Plasma 2. Charge Density Fluctuations 3. Current-Density Fluctuations 4. Electromagnetic Field Fluctuations ReferenceChapter 5 / Taking Account of Ion Motion. Fluctuations in an Electron-Ion Plasma 1. Dielectric Permittivities of a Plasma Taking Account of Ion Motion 2. Longitudinal Waves in an Electron-Ion Plasma 3. Fluctuations in Charge and Current Densities in an Equilibrium Electron-Ion Plasma 4. Electron and Ion Density Fluctuations in an Equilibrium Plasma 5. Fluctuations in a Nonisothermal Electron-Ion Plasma (Isotropic Case) 6. Fluctuations in a Nonisothermal Electron-Ion Plasma (Anisotropic Case) 7. Fluctuations in a Nonequilibrium Plasma 8. Collective Fluctuations. Effective Temperature 9. Field Fluctuations in a Plasma-Beam System ReferencesChapter 6 / Electron Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Plasma Dielectric Permittivity Tensor in a Magnetic Field 2. Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma in a Magnetic Field (without taking Account of the Thermal Electron Motion) 3. Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma in a Magnetic Field (Taking Account of Thermal Electron Motion) 4. Longitudinal Plasma Oscillations in a Magnetic Field 5. Electromagnetic Fluctuations in an Electron Plasma in the Presence of a Magnetic Field ReferencesChapter 7 / Electron-Ion Plasma in a Magnetic Field 1. Taking Account of Ion Motion in a Magnetoactive Plasma 2. Ion Cyclotron Resonance 3. Magnetohydrodynamic Waves 4. Low-Frequency Fluctuations in a Magnetoactive Plasma 5. Fluctuations in a Nonequilibrium Magnetoactive Plasma ReferencesChapter 8 / Passage of Charged Particles through Plasma 1. Field of Charge in a Plasma. Shielding 2. Energy Losses in Charged-Particle Motion in a Plasma 3. Polarization Energy Losses of a Fast Particle in a Plasma 4. Change in Energy of a Moving Charge due to Field Fluctuations in the Plasma 5. Influence of Ions on the Energy Change of a Particle Moving in a Plasma 6. Energy Losses of a Charged Particle in a Nonequilibrium Plasma ReferencesChapter 9 / Dynamic Friction and Diffusion Coefficients in a Plasma 1. Fokker-Planck Equation 2. Dynamic Friction and Diffusion Coefficients in an Electron Plasma 3. Friction and Diffusion Coefficients in a Two-Temperature Plasma 4. Relaxation Time of a Nonisothermal Plasma ReferencesChapter 10 / Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Fluctuations in Plasma 1. Wave Scattering and Transformation 2. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in a Plasma 3. Electromagnetic Wave Scattering Differential Scattering Coefficient 4. Total Scattering Coefficient for an Isothermal Plasma 5. Spectral Distribution of Scattering 6. Transformation of Transverse into Longitudinal Electromagnetic Waves 7. Longitudinal Wave Transformation and Scattering in a Plasma ReferencesChapter 11 / Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Fluctuations in a Plasma in the Presence of a Magnetic Field 1. General Formula for the Scattering Cross Section in the Presence of a Magnetic Field 2. Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Density Fluctuations 3. Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Langmuir Fluctuations 4. Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Alfven and Magnetosonic Fluctuations ReferencesChapter 12 / Quantum Plasma. Fluctuations in a Degenerate Electron Gas 1. Space-Time Correlations of Fluctuations in an Ideal Fermi Gas 2. Longitudinal and Transverse Dielectric Permittivities of a Quantum Electron Gas 3. Dispersion of Plasma Oscillations 4. Fluctuations in a Degenerate Electron Gas ReferencesChapter 13 / Fluctuations in a Superconducting Plasma 1. Superconducting State in a System of Electrons 2. Density Fluctuations in a Superconductor 3. Density Fluctuations Associated with Collective Excitations 4. Current Fluctuations in a Superconductor 5. Electromagnetic Properties of a Superconductor ReferencesBibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index