Plasma Physics Reports -- June 2003

Tearing Instability of a Force-Free Magnetic Configuration in a Collisionless Plasma
N. A. Bobrova, S. V. Bulanov, G. E. Vekstein, J.-I. Sakai, K. Machida, and T. Haruki
pp. 449-458    Full Text: PDF (498 kB)

Suppression of the Rayleigh–Taylor Instability of a Low-Density Imploding Liner by a Longitudinal Magnetic Field
A. V. Gordeev
pp. 459-465    Full Text: PDF (86 kB)

Small-Scale Alfvén Waves Localized near an Extremum in the Finite-Amplitude Perturbation of the Radial Plasma Density Profile
I. O. Girka and P. P. Rutkevich
pp. 466-472    Full Text: PDF (82 kB)

Numerical Simulations of Ion and Electron Transport in a Low-Temperature Dusty Plasma
Yu. V. Petrushevich
pp. 473-479    Full Text: PDF (73 kB)

Space-Charge Lens for Focusing a Negative-Ion Beam
A. M. Zavalov, V. N. Gorshkov, V. P. Goretskii, and I. A. Soloshenko
pp. 480-484    Full Text: PDF (225 kB)

Oscillations of a Helical Plasma Crystal
N. G. Gusein-zade and A. M. Ignatov
pp. 485-490    Full Text: PDF (84 kB)

Microwave Generation by a Superluminal Source at Limiting Current Densities
Yu. N. Lazarev, P. V. Petrov, and Yu. G. Syrtsova
pp. 491-502    Full Text: PDF (463 kB)

Nonlinear Scattering of Two Counterpropagating Laser Pulses in an Underdense Plasma
A. A. Frolov
pp. 503-511    Full Text: PDF (129 kB)

Effect of the External Magnetic Field on the MHD Turbulence Spectra
E. Golbraikh, S. S. Moiseev^[dagger], and A. Eidelman
pp. 512-516    Full Text: PDF (66 kB)

Nonthermal Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide in a High-Current Pulsed Discharge
D. V. Zatsepin, S. M. Starikovskaya, and A. Yu. Starikovskii
pp. 517-527    Full Text: PDF (266 kB)

Structure of a Discharge Induced by a Coaxial Microwave Plasmatron with a Gas-Supply Channel in the Inner Electrode
A. Ya. Kirichenko, A. P. Motornenko, and O. A. Suvorova
pp. 528-533    Full Text: PDF (121 kB)

High-Voltage Stage of a Vacuum Arc
A. V. Zharinov and V. P. Shumilin
pp. 534-537    Full Text: PDF (56 kB)