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1 | (10) |
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1.1 Principles for Confinement of Plasma by a Magnetic Field |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Energy Balance in a Fusion Reactor |
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4 | (3) |
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1.3 Magnetohydrodynamic Stability |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.5 Scaling Laws for Confinement of Plasma in Toroidal Systems |
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9 | (1) |
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1.6 The Standpoint of Fusion Research Today |
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9 | (2) |
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10 | (1) |
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2 Different Ways of Describing Plasma Dynamics |
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11 | (16) |
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2.1 General Particle Description, Liouville and Klimontovich Equations |
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11 | (2) |
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2.2 Kinetic Theory as Generally Used by Plasma Physicists |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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2.4 Fluid Theory as Obtained by Taking Moments of the Vlasov Equation |
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15 | (5) |
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2.4.1 The Maxwell Equations |
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16 | (1) |
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2.4.2 The Low Frequency Expansion |
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16 | (2) |
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2.4.3 The Energy Equation |
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18 | (2) |
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2.5 Gyrofluid Theory as Obtained by Taking Moments of the Gyrokinetic Equation |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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2.7 Finite Larmor Radius Effects in a Fluid Description |
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22 | (5) |
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2.7.1 Effects of Temperature Gradients |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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3 Fluid Description for Low Frequency Perturbations in an Inhomogeneous Plasma |
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27 | (30) |
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27 | (2) |
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3.2 Elementary Picture of Drift Waves |
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29 | (7) |
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3.2.1 Effects of Finite Ion Inertia |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Excitation by Electron-Ion Collisions |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (13) |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (3) |
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3.3.3 The Convective Cell Mode |
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40 | (1) |
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3.3.4 Electromagnetic Interchange Modes |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (2) |
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3.3.6 Stabilization of Electrostatic Interchange Modes by Parallel Electron Motion |
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45 | (1) |
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3.3.7 FLR Stabilization of Interchange Modes |
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45 | (2) |
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3.3.8 Kinetic Alfve'n Waves |
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47 | (2) |
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3.4 Quasilinear Diffusion |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (4) |
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55 | (2) |
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4 Kinetic Description of Low Frequency Modes in Inhomogeneous Plasma |
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57 | (26) |
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4.1 Integration Along Unperturbed Orbits |
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57 | (6) |
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4.2 Universal Instability |
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63 | (2) |
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4.3 Interchange Instability |
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65 | (2) |
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4.4 Drift Alfve'n Waves and β Limitation |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (1) |
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4.6 The Magnetic Drift Mode |
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71 | (1) |
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4.7 The Drift Kinetic Equation |
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72 | (1) |
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4.8 Dielectric Properties of Low Frequency Vortex Modes |
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73 | (3) |
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4.9 Finite Larmor Radius Effects Obtained by Orbit Averaging |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (3) |
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81 | (2) |
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5 Kinetic Descriptions of Low Frequency Modes Obtained by Gyroaveraging |
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83 | (18) |
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5.1 The Drift Kinetic Equation |
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83 | (7) |
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87 | (1) |
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5.1.2 The Magnetic Drift Mode |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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5.2 The Linear Gyrokinetic Equation |
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90 | (6) |
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94 | (2) |
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5.3 The Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Equation |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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6 Low Frequency Modes in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields |
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101 | (80) |
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6.1 Anomalous Transport in Systems with Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields |
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101 | (2) |
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6.2 Toroidal Mode Structure |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (3) |
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6.4 The Influence of Magnetic Shear on Drift Waves |
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110 | (3) |
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6.5 Interchange Perturbations Analysed by the Energy Principle Method |
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113 | (3) |
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6.6 Eigenvalue Equations for MHD Type Modes |
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116 | (12) |
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6.6.1 Stabilization of Interchange Modes by Magnetic Shear |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (9) |
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6.7 Trapped Particle Instabilities |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (8) |
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6.8.1 Ion Temperature Gradient Modes |
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132 | (3) |
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6.8.2 Electron Temperature Gradient Mode |
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135 | (1) |
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6.8.3 Trapped Electron Modes |
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136 | (3) |
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6.9 Competition Between Inhomogeneities in Density and Temperature |
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139 | (1) |
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6.10 Advanced Fluid Models |
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140 | (10) |
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6.10.1 The Development of Research |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (2) |
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6.10.3 Gyro-Landau Fluid Models |
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146 | (1) |
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6.10.4 Nonlinear Kinetic Fluid Equations |
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147 | (1) |
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6.10.5 Comparisons with Nonlinear Gyrokinetics |
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148 | (2) |
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6.11 Reactive Fluid Model for Strong Curvature |
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150 | (14) |
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6.11.1 The Toroidal ηi Mode |
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151 | (3) |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (2) |
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6.11.4 Normalization of Transport Coefficients |
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158 | (1) |
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6.11.5 Finite Larmor Radius Stabilization |
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159 | (1) |
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6.11.6 The Eigenvalue Problem for Toroidal Drift Waves |
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160 | (3) |
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6.11.7 Early Tests of the Reactive Fluid Model |
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163 | (1) |
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6.12 Electromagnetic Modes in Advanced Fluid Description |
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164 | (4) |
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6.12.1 Equations for Free Electrons Including Kink Term |
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165 | (2) |
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6.12.2 Kinetic Ballooning Modes |
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167 | (1) |
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6.13 Resistive Edge Modes |
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168 | (7) |
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6.13.1 Resistive Ballooning Modes |
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170 | (3) |
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6.13.2 Transport in the Enhanced Confinement State |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (6) |
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176 | (5) |
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7 Transport, Overview and Recent Developments |
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181 | (10) |
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7.1 Stability and Transport |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (6) |
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7.2.1 Simulation of an Internal Barrier |
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183 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Simulation of an Edge Barrier |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (4) |
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187 | (4) |
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8 Instabilities Associated with Fast Particles in Toroidal Confinement Systems |
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191 | (8) |
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8.1 General Considerations |
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191 | (1) |
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8.2 The Development of Research |
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192 | (1) |
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8.3 Dilution Due to Fast Particles |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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8.5 Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (20) |
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9.1 The Ion Vortex Equation |
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199 | (8) |
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9.2 The Nonlinear Dielectric |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (4) |
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9.4 Fokker-Planck Transition Probability |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (4) |
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215 | (4) |
General References |
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219 | (2) |
Answers to Exercises |
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221 | (4) |
Index |
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