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1 online resource (175 pages) |
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Series in Plasma Physics ; v. 5 |
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Series in plasma physics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Direct nonlinear instabilities; 1.1 Parametric decay instability; 1.2 Decay instabilities in media with wave-modulated phase velocity; qualitative theory and principal features of PDI; 1.3 PDI of magnetohydrodynamic waves (quantitative theory); 1.4 Modulation instability; 1.5 Explosive instability of negative-energy waves; 2: Induced instabilities, the symmetry and the evolution of non-equilibrium systems; 2.1 Systems with multiparametric non-equilibrium |
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2.2 Group methods of analyzing secondary quasi-stationary states2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Scaling transformation group; 2.2.3 Supersymmetry group; 2.3 Effective collision frequencies in turbulent media; 2.4 Induced drift instabilities; 3: External noise and stability of plasmas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fluctuational chaos; 3.3 Universal noise-induced plasma instability and accelerated fluctuational dynamics in the vicinity of a point of instability; 3.4 Anomalous diffusion of particles; 3.5 Fluctuations of transfer coefficients in the plasma and in hydrodynamics |
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4: Non-standard evolution of turbulent media4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Drift instability cascade and energy transfer in ionospheric turbulence; 4.3 Wave-turbulent instability; 5: The helical mechanism of large-scale structure generation in continuous media; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Helical structures and helical mechanisms of generation in hydrodynamics; 5.2.1 On the role of helicity, on the similarity and differences between the magnetic and vortex dynamo in turbulent media; 5.2.2 Generation of large-scale helical vortices in convective media |
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5.2.3 Helical mechanism of generation of large-scale structures in non-convective hydrodynamic media5.3 Hydrodynamic α-effect in compressible media; 5.3.1 Introduction; 5.3.2 Qualitative discussion; 5.3.3 Closure of averaged equation; 5.3.4 α as a function of compressibility coefficient: limiting cases; 5.3.5 Large-scale instability; 5.3.6 Discussion; 5.4 Large-scale vortical instability and convection: further progress; 5.4.1 Equation of vortical instability due to convective turbulence and Coriolis force; 5.4.2 Rayleigh-Benar convection in turbulent fluid at very large Reynolds numbers |
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5.5 Reverse energy cascade in uniform turbulent shear flow5.5.1 Introduction; 5.5.2 Formulation of the problem. Basic equations. Homogeneous helical anisotropic flow; 5.5.3 Closing the equations for perturbations of turbulent shear flow in the second-order correlation approximation; 5.5.4 Interval instability of turbulent Couette flow; 5.6 Helicity as a possible physical mechanism for the amplification of typhoon-type vortical perturbations in the atmosphere and of the modulation of rotation frequency of the Earth; 5.6.1 Introductory remarks |
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5.6.2 Qualitative analysis of the role played by helicity in typhoon generation |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Plasma instabilities.
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Turbulence.
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Nonlinear theories.
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Nonlinear theories.
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Plasma instabilities.
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Turbulence.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oraevsky, V. N
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Pungin, V. G
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| ISBN |
9781351428200 |
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1351428209 |
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