Cap F.F. Handbook on Plasma Instabilities. Volume 3

Academic Press, Inc., 1982. — 484 p.Volume 3 starts with a discussion on feedback and dynamic stabilization using parametric and other effects, treats nonlinear effects and laser-plasma systems. One chapter is devoted to applications and use of instabilities. It concludes with a report on plasma waves and instabilities in cosmic space. The writing of Volume 3 had to be delayed by a commitment of the author to work on another book (Energy Supply Problems, Teubner, Stuttgart, 1981). Therefore, the first two chapters of Volume 3 take into account references and literature published in periodicals and meetings up to the end of 1980, whereas Chapters 20-22 are based on literature published up to the end of 1981 and in several cases until July 1982. Earlier efforts made in Volume 2 to be reasonably complete had to be given up in order to be able to finish the writing prior to the year 2000, since the growth rate of the published literature was larger than the possible writing rate of an author charged with a heavy teaching load.