Part IV: Waves & Instabilities
Plasma supports a rich variety of wave modes and instabilities. Understanding wave-particle and wave-wave interactions is essential for fusion, space physics, and astrophysics.
Part Overview
Key Topics
- • Electromagnetic wave dispersion
- • Langmuir and ion acoustic waves
- • Whistler and lower hybrid modes
- • Parametric instabilities
- • Drift waves and micro-instabilities
- • Plasma turbulence