Table of Contents: “...1. Introduction -- 2. Wave Motion -- 2.1 What is Wave Motion? -- 2.2 Dispersive and Nonlinear Effects of a Wave -- 2.3 Solitary Waves and the Korteweg de Vries Equation -- 2.4 Solution of the Korteweg de Vries Equation -- 3. Lightwave in Fibers -- 3.1...”

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Table of Contents: “...1 Physics of Stationary Plasmas -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Equation of Motion of a Charged Particle -- 1.3 The Vlasov Equation -- 1.4 Characteristic Scales in Plasmas -- 1.5 Conservation Laws -- 1.6 Magnetohydrodynamic Equations -- 1.7 Guiding Center...”

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Table of Contents: “...1. Introduction to Plasma Instabilities -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Basic Equations -- 1.3 Dispersion Relations -- 1.4 Analysis of Instability -- References for Chapter 1 -- 2. Microinstabilities—Instabilities Due to Velocity Space Nonequilibrium -- 2.1...”

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