Plasma Physics Reports -- September 2003

Compact Torsatron with Improved alpha-Particle Confinement
M. Yu. Isaev, S. E. Grebenshchikov, S. V. Shchepetov, J. Nührenberg, and W. A. Cooper
pp. 727-739    Full Text: PDF (344 kB)

Unsteady Beam–Plasma Discharge: I. Mathematical Model and Linear Theory
Yu. P. Bliokh, M. G. Lyubarsky, V. O. Podobinsky, and Ya. B. Fainberg
pp. 740-747    Full Text: PDF (102 kB)

Formation of a Z-Pinch during Electromagnetic Compression of a Nonquasineutral Current Filament
A. V. Gordeev and T. V. Losseva
pp. 748-756    Full Text: PDF (124 kB)

Material Transport in a Low-Inductance Vacuum Spark
A. N. Dolgov and G. Kh. Salakhutdinov
pp. 757-763    Full Text: PDF (90 kB)

Feasibility of Igniting Thermonuclear Reaction during the Gas-Dynamic Compression of a Capsule Filled with a Gaseous DT Mixture by a Compact High-Speed Plasma Liner
G. V. Dolgoleva, V. F. Ermolovich, A. V. Ivanovsky, and A. P. Orlov
pp. 764-767    Full Text: PDF (54 kB)

Ponderomotive Force of the Low-Frequency Field and Modulational Instability of Drift Waves
D. N. Klochkov and S. I. Popel
pp. 768-778    Full Text: PDF (138 kB)

Drift Stabilization of Internal Resistive-Wall Modes in Tokamaks
S. V. Konovalov, A. B. Mikhailovskii, V. S. Tsypin, R. M. O. Galvão, and I. C. Nascimento
pp. 779-784    Full Text: PDF (68 kB)

Nonlocal Equation for the Symmetric Part of the Electron Distribution Function in an Inhomogeneous Plasma
O. G. Bakunin
pp. 785-788    Full Text: PDF (48 kB)

Controlling Plasma Composition during Carbon Film Deposition in Microwave Discharges by Means of Optical-Emission Spectroscopy
V. V. Dvorkin, N. N. Dzbanovskii, P. V. Minakov, N. V. Suetin, and A. Yu. Yur'ev
pp. 789-795    Full Text: PDF (317 kB)

Glow Intensity Profile in a Spherically Stratified Gas Discharge
O. A. Nerushev, S. A. Novopashin, V. V. Radchenko, G. I. Sukhinin, and V. V. Sukhovskii
pp. 796-801    Full Text: PDF (91 kB)