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Instability as a Property of Plasma States

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Chaos and Order in Nature

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A plasma is a very simple state of matter. In the state of full ionization it consists of freely moving electrons and ions. Density and temperature ranges of ordinary high temperature plasmas allow a theoretical description by the principles of classical mechanics and statistics.

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  1. Institut für Plasmaforschung, Universität Stuttgart, D-7000, Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    E. Räuchle

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universitä Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Hermann Haken

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Räuchle, E. (1981). Instability as a Property of Plasma States. In: Haken, H. (eds) Chaos and Order in Nature. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68304-6_14

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