Contains papers based on 30 talks presented at the Tenth American Physical Society Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, held in San Francisco in January 1996. The volume begins with a section on atomic physics in tokamak plasmas, followed by sections covering atomic physics in astrophy

This volume of proceedings presents recent research in the areas of overlap between atomic and plasma physics. The activities of two international data centres are discussed.

Annotation Invitations for the 30 conference papers were weighted toward young scientists and those from the former Soviet Union, eastern Europe, and developing countries. They discuss fundamental electron collision processes relevant to low-temperature plasmas, the formation and evolution of the cathode sheath on the streamer arrival, numerical and analytical kinetic and fluid models for RF discharges, corona physics and diagnostics, nonlinear surface waves in plasmas, and other topics. Also included is the 1995 Penning Prize winning lecture, UV/VUV High Sensitivity Spectroscopy for Diagnosing Lighting and Processing Plasmas and for Basic Data by J. E. Lawler, et al. Reproduced from typescripts. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

You’ll learn all the underlying science and how to perform all the latest analytical techniques that plasma polarization spectroscopy (PPS) offers with this new book. The authors report on recent results of laboratory experiments, keeping you current with all the latest developments and applications in the field. There is also a timely discussion centered on instrumentation that is crucial to your ability to perform successful PPS experiments.

The International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications is a forum for researchers who produce, collect, evaluate, disseminate, and apply atomic and molecular data, particularly in gaseous and plasma environments. These include applications in technical plasma processing, lighting, astrophysics, medical radiation physics, and inertial and magnetic confinement fusion, for example.

Invited papers delivered at ICPP 1994, which is the joint conference of the 10th Kiev International Conference on Plasma Theory and the 10th International Congress on Waves and Instabilities in Plasmas. In addition to summary talks and an opening colloquium on solar eclipses, subjects addressed incl

The Proceedings of this Fourth International Conference brought together 129 delegates from 13 countries, with the largest contingents from the US, Russia, the UK, and France. The results of theri rewsearch represent a huge increase in our knowledge of the z-pinch, thanks to new and more comprehensive diagnostics, better computer models, and even more powerful pulse generators. The most prominent example of the latter is the PBFA-Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories, whose record-shattering radiation output is being studied at Sandia and at collaborating laboratories elsewhere.