Introduction to the Linear Theories and Methods of Electrostatic Waves in Plasmas

Modern plasma physics, encompassing wave-particle interactions and collec­ tive phenomena characteristic of the collision-free nature of hot plasmas, was founded in 1946 when 1. D. Landau published his analysis of linear (small­ amplitude) waves in such plasmas. It was not until some ten to twenty years later, however, with impetus from the then rapidly developing controlled­ fusion field, that su...