Plasma Physics Reports -- August 2003

Effect of Density Variations along Ion Drift Trajectories on the Poloidal and Toroidal Rotation Velocities of a Collisionless Tokamak Plasma
A. N. Romannikov
pp. 635-641    Full Text: PDF (75 kB)

Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Dust Grains in Gas-Discharge Plasmas
O. S. Vaulina, O. F. Petrov, V. E. Fortov, A. V. Chernyshev, A. V. Gavrikov, I. A. Shakhova, and Yu. P. Semenov
pp. 642-656    Full Text: PDF (240 kB)

Generation and Interaction of Intense Counterpropagating Plasma Flows
G. N. Dudkin, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, V. M. Bystritsky, V. A. Stolupin, Vit. M. Bystritskii, and J. Voznyak
pp. 657-663    Full Text: PDF (106 kB)

Synchronization of Parallel-Connected Plasma Opening Switches and Switching the Current to the Load
A. A. Altukhov, P. I. Blinov, G. I. Dolgachev, D. D. Maslennikov, A. S. Fedotkin, and I. A. Khodeev
pp. 664-668    Full Text: PDF (93 kB)

Parametric Excitation of Surface Waves at the Boundary between a Magnetized Plasma and a Metal
N. A. Azarenkov, Yu. A. Akimov, and V. P. Olefir
pp. 669-674    Full Text: PDF (91 kB)

Formation of a Steady-State Shock Front of a Long-Wavelength Fast Magnetosonic Wave in Space Plasma with Strong Alfvén Turbulence
V. R. Zemskov
pp. 675-682    Full Text: PDF (103 kB)

Evolution of the Electron Langmuir Oscillations in an Inhomogeneous Magnetized Plasma
A. V. Timofeev
pp. 683-687    Full Text: PDF (70 kB)

Effect of the Microwave Ponderomotive Force on the Development of the Beam Instability at Different Plasma and Beam Parameters
Yu. P. Bliokh, V. O. Podobinskii, and G. V. Sotnikov
pp. 688-694    Full Text: PDF (95 kB)

Formation and Development of a Leader Channel in Air
N. A. Popov
pp. 695-708    Full Text: PDF (174 kB)

New Mechanism for the Influence of Xe on the Concentration of CO₂ Molecules in Self-Sustained CO-Laser Discharges
G. M. Grigorian, N. A. Dyatko, and I. V. Kochetov
pp. 709-716    Full Text: PDF (104 kB)

Shape of the Current Tube of a Negative Point-to-Plane Corona in Air
Yu. S. Akishev, M. E. Grushin, V. B. Karal'nik, A. E. Monich, and N. I. Trushkin
pp. 717-726    Full Text: PDF (129 kB)