Introduction to Plasmas and Plasma Dynamics

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” indicate figures and tables respectively.

A

AC, See Alternating current

Accelerator grid, 238

Adiabatic invariants, 111–112

AFs, See Applied fields

Alfven velocity, 148

Alfven waves

oblique, 170, 171f

propagation of magnetic perturbations, 161

in plasma, 162–164

travel, 173

Alternating current (AC), 77

Ambipolar diffusion, 140

Ampere’s law, 72, 138, 203, 213

See also Faraday’s law

Anode, 246

Anomalous transport, 143

Applied fields (AFs), 196

AF-MPD, 229–234

Applied Toroidal field configurations, 285–287

RFP, 290–292

stellarators, 292–294, 292f

tokamak, 287–290, 287f

B

Beam ion production cost, 237

Birkeland currents, 316

Bohr model, 52f, 53

Boron nitride (BN), 245

Borosil (BN-SiO₂), 245

Bow shock, 311

Earth’s bow shock, 315