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When an electromagnetic wave is incident on an inhomogeneous plasma from the vacuum, a collective oscillation, or wave, is excited inside the plasma. The excited wave then propagates inside the non-uniform plasma and dissipates due to wave-particle interactions and collisions. This type of problem is generally called the wave-plasma interaction and has a variety of applications to fusion research such as plasma heating, stability control, and current-drive. This chapter deals with such problems. Because of their complex nature, we shall restrict ourselves to only giving an outline of the problems. First, in Sect. 12.1 we describe the basic notion of wave propagation in non-uniform plasma. Then in Sect. 12.2 we consider wave propagation in a magnetically confined plasma and describe how the externally excited wave can reach the point where the wave can deposit energy and/or momentum via wave-particle resonances. The next section discusses the possibility of current control via radio-frequency waves. Finally, in Sect. 12.4, we briefly describe the wave-plasma interaction when intense laser light is used as an energy driver for inertial confinement fusion.
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Nishikawa, K., Wakatani, M. (2000). Wave-Plasma Interactions. In: Plasma Physics. Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04078-2_12
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