Reaction-Diffusion Problems in the Physics of Hot Plasmas

The physics of hot plasmas is of great importance for describing many phenomena in the universe and is fundamental for the prospect of future fusion energy production on Earth. Nontrivial results of nonlinear electromagnetic effects in plasmas include the self-organization and self-formation in the plasma of structures compact in time and space. These are the consequences of competing processes of nonlinear interactions and can be best described using reaction-diffusion equations. Reaction-Diffusion Problems in the Physics of Hot Plasmas is focused on paradigmatic problems of a reaction-diffusion type met in many branches of science, concerning in particular the nonlinear interaction of electromagnetic fields with plasmas.
Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Concept of Time Scale. Chapter 2 Description of Continuous Media. Chapter 3 Modelling a System with a Finite Number of Variables. 4 General Procedure of Central Expansion for Reaction-Diffusion Equations. Chapter 5 Phase Space Analysis. Chapter 6 Models for Coupled Evolution of Temperature and Density in a Fusion Heat Pinch. Chapter 7 Phenomena in Resistive Magnetohydroynamics. Chapter 8 Coherent Non-linear Interaction of Waves in Plasmas. Chapter 8 Coherent Non-linear Coupling of Magnetohydrodynamic Resistive Modes. Chapter 10 Non-linear Heat Propagation Phenomena. Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks.