Particle Trapping

Plasma Physics · Part 2

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.4.1 Introduction: Beyond Linear Theory
  2. 2.4.2 Single Wave Trapping: The Pendulum Analogy
  3. 3.4.3 Trapping Width and Bounce Frequency
  4. 4.4.4 Nonlinear Frequency Shift
  5. 5.4.5 BGK Modes: Nonlinear Steady-State Structures
  6. 6.4.6 Bounce Resonances and Sideband Instabilities
  7. 7.4.7 Chaotic Trapping and Stochastic Heating
  8. 8.4.8 Applications and Observations
  9. 9.Equation of Motion in Wave Frame
  10. 10.Perfect Analogy: Nonlinear Pendulum!

Course Context

This PDF is part of the Plasma Physics course on CoursesHub.World. Comprehensive study of the fourth state of matter. Covers single-particle motion, kinetic theory, MHD, waves and instabilities, collisional processes, magnetic and inertial confinement fusion, space a...