ABSTRACT

Microscopic Dynamics of Plasmas and Chaos discusses the resonant wave-particle interaction in plasmas, provides the tools for chaotic Hamiltonian dynamics, and describes a turbulent macroscopic system through the chaotic classical mechanics of the corresponding N-body problem. The book begins with the fundamentals of N-body dynamics, followed by a

chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

Basic physical setting

chapter Chapter 2|30 pages

From N-body dynamics to wave–particle interaction

chapter Chapter 3|34 pages

Dynamics of the small-amplitude wave–particle system

chapter Chapter 5|47 pages

Hamiltonian chaos

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

Self-consistent dynamics in the diffusive regime

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

Time evolution of the single-wave–particle system

chapter Chapter 10|4 pages

Conclusion