Microinstabilities in plasmas-non-linear effects

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The review attempts to bring together and present the wide range of non-linear kinetic phenomena which occur in a plasma. The extent to which the theory has been borne out by experiment is indicated in detail and in several instances it is convenient to catalogue the results. While the main thrust of laboratory plasma physics has been associated with magnetic containment fusion, there has been the recent emergence of laser heating as an alternative path to fusion, and the refinement of measurements in the ionosphere and magnetosphere means that there has been a parallel development of interest in non-linear processes. The processes considered range from resonant three-wave interactions in homogeneous and inhomogeneous plasmas to situations in which the plasma parameters themselves vary as a result of interactions under consideration.

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