Surface Electron Cyclotron Waves in Plasmas

Description

This book is the first of its kind devoted to surface waves propagating across an external static magnetic field at harmonics of the electron cyclotron frequency. Based on comprehensive theoretical studies carried out over the course of about forty years, it presents unique material on various characteristics of these transverse waves, namely, dispersion properties and their dependence on numerous design peculiarities of plasma waveguides; damping due to interaction with the plasma surface (the kinetic channel) and collisions between plasma particles (the Ohmic channel); interaction with flows of charged particles moving above the plasma surface; parametric excitation due to the effect of an external radiofrequency field; and their power transfer for sustaining gas discharges. Clarifying numerous complicated mathematical issues it is a valuable resource for postgraduate students and experts in plasma physics, electromagnetic waves, and the kinetic theory of plasmas. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm)....Pages 1-5 Methods of Solving the Kinetic Vlasov-Boltzmann Equation in Case of Bounded Magnetized Plasmas (Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm)....Pages 7-44 Surface Electron Cyclotron TM-Mode Waves (Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm)....Pages 45-116 Surface Electron Cyclotron X-Mode Waves (Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm)....Pages 117-160 Surface Electron Cyclotron O-Mode Waves (Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm)....Pages 161-193 Back Matter ....Pages 195-198