Vol. 44, No. 4, 2018

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.

Tokamaks

Analysis of Dynamics of Plasma Current Quench in the Globus-M Spherical Tokamak

N. V. Sakharov, V. K. Gusev, A. A. Kavin, S. N. Kamenshchikov, K. M. Lobanov, A. B. Mineev, M. I. Patrov and Yu. V. Petrov p. 387 abstract

Oscillations and Waves in Plasma

Influence of Electron Collisions on the Breaking of Plasma Oscillations

A. A. Frolov and E. V. Chizhonkov p. 398 abstract

Space Plasma

Calculation of Thermal Conductivity Coefficients of Electrons in Magnetized Dense Matter

G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and M. V. Glushikhina p. 405 abstract

Time Evolution of the Macroscopic Characteristics of a Thin Current Sheet in the Course of Its Formation in the Earth’s Magnetotail

V. I. Domrin, H. V. Malova and V. Yu. Popov p. 424 abstract

Plasma−Surface Interaction

Study of Gallium Arsenide Etching in a DC Discharge in Low-Pressure HCl-Containing Mixtures

A. V. Dunaev and D. B. Murin p. 438 abstract

Low-Temperature Plasma

Mechanism of Runaway Electron Generation at Gas Pressures from a Few Atmospheres to Several Tens of Atmospheres

N. M. Zubarev and S. N. Ivanov p. 445 abstract

Applied Physics

Characteristics of Electron Drift in an Ar–Hg Mixture

R. I. Golyatina and S. A. Maiorov p. 453 abstract

Surface Modification of Melamine-Formaldehyde (MF-R) Macroparticles in Complex Plasma

A. V. Semenov, A. L. Pergament, A. I. Scherbina and A. A. Pikalev p. 458 abstract

Experimental Study of Heating of a Liquid Cathode and Transfer of Its Components into the Gas Phase under the Action of a DC Discharge

N. A. Sirotkin and V. A. Titov p. 462 abstract

A Plasma Focus Device with a 2-MA Discharge Current as a Hard X-Ray Source

D. I. Yurkov, A. K. Dulatov, B. D. Lemeshko, D. A. Andreev, A. V. Golikov, Yu. V. Mikhailov, I. A. Prokuratov, A. N. Selifanov and T. S. Fatiev p. 468 abstract