Table of Contents

Particle Dynamics in Magnetic Traps.- 1. Introduction. Budker's Problem.- 2. Choice of Unperturbed System.- 3. A Few Examples.- 4. Adiabatic Perturbation.- 5. Insignificant Effect of Perturbation.- 6. Nonlinear Resonances.- 7. Resonant ??.- 8. Mapping.- 9. Standard Mapping.- 10. Limit of Global Stability.- 11. Local Diffusion.- 12. Dynamic Correlations.- 13. Global Diffusion.- 14. Cohen's Mapping.- 15. Remarks on Adiabatic Invariance.- References.- Transport Processes in Axisymmetric Open Traps.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Plasma Equilibrium.- 3. Drift Motion of Charged Particles in Open Traps.- 4. Neoclassical Transport in Open Traps.- 5. Resonant Stochastic Transport in Open Traps.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Appendix 4.- Appendix 5.- References.- Classical Longitudinal Plasma Losses from Open Adiabatic Traps.- 1. Basic Principles of Plasma Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps.- 2. Electron Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps.- 3. Ion Confinement in Simple Mirror Traps.- 4. Traps with Improved Longitudinal Plasma Confinement.- References.- Spectral-Line Broadening in a Plasma.- 1. General Equations for the Intensity Distribution in a Line.- 2. Plasma Microfield.- 3. Line-Broadening Mechanisms in a Plasma Character of Atom Interaction with a Plasma Microfield.- 4. Static Theory and Its Generalizations.- 5. Impact Theory of Broadening by Particles and Waves.- 6. Transition from the Impact to the Static Broadening Mechanism.- 7. Comparison of Theory with Experiment Conclusions.- References.- Electron Cyclotron Plasma Heating in Tokamaks.- 1. Electromagnetic Waves in the Region of Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Frequencies.- 2. Electron-Cyclotron Resonance in a Homogeneous Plasma with Allowance for the Thermal Motion of the Electrons.- 3. Poynting Vector and Energy Absorption in Cyclotron Resonance.- 4. Accessibility of Resonances in a Tokamak.- 5. Cyclotron Damping of Waves in the Model of One-Dimensional Inhomogeneity.- 6. Reflection of Waves from a Resonance Region.- 7. Linear Transformation of Waves Near the Upper Hybrid Resonance.- 8. Eikonal Equation in the Vicinity of the Cyclotron Resonance and Ray Trajectories of Waves.- 9. Applicability of Geometric Optics in the Vicinity of Cyclotron Resonance.- 10. Ray Trajectories and Wave Absorption in Tokamaks.- 11. Role of Nonlinear Effects in Electron-Cyclotron Heating.- References.