Vol. 42, No. 1, 2016

Plasma Physics Reports

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Plasma Physics Reports ISSN 1063-780X.

Plasma Diagnostics

Influence of the Initial Parameters of the Magnetic Field and Plasma on the Spatial Structure of the Electric Current and Electron Density in Current Sheets Formed in Helium

G. V. Ostrovskaya, V. S. Markov and A. G. Frank p. 1 abstract

Dusty Plasma

Ultrahigh Charging of Dust Grains by the Beam−Plasma Method for Creating a Compact Neutron Source

Yu. S. Akishev, V. B. Karal’nik, A. V. Petryakov, A. N. Starostin, N. I. Trushkin and A. V. Filippov p. 14 abstract

Nonlinear Structures

Kadomtsev−Petviashvili Equation for a Flow of Highly Nonisothermal Collisionless Plasma

Yu. B. Movsesyants, A. A. Rukhadze and P. M. Tyuryukanov p. 25 abstract

Space Plasma

Analysis of the Dependence of Surfatron Acceleration of Electrons by an Electromagnetic Wave in Space Plasma on the Particle Momentum along the Wave Front

A. N. Erokhin, N. N. Zol’nikova and N. S. Erokhin p. 32 abstract

Plasma Radiation

Specific Features of X-Ray Generation by Plasma Focus Chambers with Deuterium and Deuterium–Tritium Fillings

A. K. Dulatov, P. S. Krapiva, B. D. Lemeshko, Yu. V. Mikhailov, I. N. Moskalenko, I. A. Prokuratov and A. N. Selifanov p. 38 abstract

Nonlinear Phenomena

Solitary Fast Magnetosonic Waves Propagating Obliquely to the Magnetic Field in Cold Collisionless Plasma

G. N. Kichigin p. 45 abstract

Spherical Solitons in Earth’s Mesosphere Plasma

K. Annou and R. Annou p. 52 abstract

Low-Temperature Plasma

Plasma Decay in High-Voltage Nanosecond Discharges in Oxygen-Containing Mixtures

E. M. Anokhin, M. A. Popov, I. V. Kochetov, N. L. Aleksandrov and A. Yu. Starikovskii p. 59 abstract

Interaction of Near-IR Laser Radiation with Plasma of a Continuous Optical Discharge

V. P. Zimakov, V. A. Kuznetsov, N. G. Solovyov, A. N. Shemyakin, A. O. Shilov and M. Yu. Yakimov p. 68 abstract

Characteristics of a DC Discharge with a Water Cathode in Argon

S. A. Smirnov, D. A. Shutov, E. S. Bobkova and V. V. Rybkin p. 74 abstract

Formation of a Spark Discharge in an Inhomogeneous Electric Field with Current Limitation by a Large Ballast Resistance

B. B. Baldanov p. 79 abstract

Some Features of Horizontally Oriented Low-Current Electric Arc in Air

Kh. K. Tazmeev and B. Kh. Tazmeev p. 86 abstract

Applied Physics

Process of Commutation of a Vacuum Electric-Discharge Gap by Laser Plasma

S. G. Davydov, A. N. Dolgov, T. I. Kozlovskaya, V. O. Revazov, V. P. Seleznev and R. Kh. Yakubov p. 91 abstract

Ribbon Electron Beam Formation by a Forevacuum Plasma Electron Source

A. S. Klimov, V. A. Burdovitsin, A. A. Grishkov, E. M. Oks, A. A. Zenin and Yu. G. Yushkov p. 96 abstract

Spatial Distribution of the Electron Component Parameters in the Nitrogen Plasma of a Low-Pressure Electrode Microwave Discharge

Yu. A. Lebedev, G. V. Krashevskaya and M. A. Gogoleva p. 100 abstract

A Powerful Electrohydrodynamic Flow Generated by a High-Frequency Dielectric Barrier Discharge in a Gas

S. V. Nebogatkin, I. E. Rebrov, V. Yu. Khomich and V. A. Yamshchikov p. 104 abstract

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