Plasma Physics Reports -- November 2002

Canonical Profiles in Tokamak Plasmas with an Arbitrary Cross Section
Yu. N. Dnestrovskij, A. Yu. Dnestrovskij, S. E. Lysenko, and S. V. Cherkasov
pp. 887-899    Full Text: PDF (143 kB)

Two-Wire Microwave Resonator Probe
I. G. Kondrat'ev, A. V. Kostrov, A. I. Smirnov, A. V. Strikovskii, and A. V. Shashurin
pp. 900-905    Full Text: PDF (98 kB)

ECR Heating of a Dense Plasma by Helicon Waves
A. V. Timofeev
pp. 906-915    Full Text: PDF (118 kB)

Asymmetric Long-Wavelength Surface Waves in Magnetized Plasma Waveguides Entirely Filled with Plasma
V. O. Girka and I. O. Girka
pp. 916-924    Full Text: PDF (113 kB)

Modeling of Electron Heating and the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Emission in a Current-Sheet Plasma
G. S. Voronov, N. P. Kyrie, and A. G. Frank
pp. 925-935    Full Text: PDF (2037 kB)

Nonlinear Inverse Bremsstrahlung Absorption in a Photoionized Plasma
V. P. Silin and P. V. Silin
pp. 936-945    Full Text: PDF (116 kB)

Calculation of the Grain Charge Fluctuations in a Dusty Plasma
S. A. Maiorov, S. V. Vladimirov, and N. F. Cramer
pp. 946-952    Full Text: PDF (90 kB)

Corona Discharge at the Tip of a Tall Object in the Electric Field of a Thundercloud
N. L. Aleksandrov, E. M. Bazelyan, M. M. Drabkin, R. B. Carpenter, Jr., and Yu. P. Raizer
pp. 953-964    Full Text: PDF (132 kB)

Electron Temperature in Nitrogen Afterglow: Dependence of Theoretical Results on the Adopted Set of Cross Sections and on the Type of Molecular Distribution over Vibrational Levels
N. A. Dyatko, I. V. Kochetov, and A. P. Napartovich
pp. 965-971    Full Text: PDF (92 kB)

In Memory of Semen Samoilovich Moiseev (November 23, 1929–June 5, 2002)

pp. 972-973    Full Text: PDF (52 kB)