Vol. 42, No. 5, 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.

Ionospheric and Space Plasmas

Magneto-Thermal Reconnection of Significance to Space and Astrophysics

B. Coppi p. 383 abstract

Formation and Evolution of Flapping and Ballooning Waves in Magnetospheric Plasma Sheet

J. Z. G. Ma and A. Hirose p. 388 abstract

Nonlinear Equation for Farley–Buneman Waves in Multispecies Plasma

S. K. Litt, A. I. Smolyakov, A. S. Bains, O. A. Pokhotelov, O. G. Onishchenko and W. Horton p. 400 abstract

Waves and Instabilities in Plasma

On the Dispersion of Geodesic Acoustic Modes

A. I. Smolyakov, M. F. Bashir, A. G. Elfimov, M. Yagi and N. Miyato p. 407 abstract

Onset Condition of the Subcritical Geodesic Acoustic Mode Instability in the Presence of Energetic-Particle-Driven Geodesic Acoustic Mode

K. Itoh, S.-I. Itoh, Y. Kosuga, M. Lesur and T. Ido p. 418 abstract

Drift and Geodesic Effects on the Ion Sound Eigenmode in Tokamak Plasmas

A. G. Elfimov, A. I. Smolyakov, A. V. Melnikov and R. M. O. Galvão p. 424 abstract

Ion Cyclotron Emission Studies: Retrospects and Prospects

N. N. Gorelenkov p. 430 abstract

Analytical and Numerical Treatment of Resistive Drift Instability in a Plasma Slab

V. V. Mirnov, J. P. Sauppe, C. C. Hegna and C. R. Sovinec p. 440 abstract

Tokamaks

Kinetic Effects on the Currents Determining the Stability of a Magnetic Island in Tokamaks

E. Poli, A. Bergmann, F. J. Casson, W. A. Hornsby, A. G. Peeters, M. Siccinio and D. Zarzoso p. 450 abstract

Interplay between Intrinsic Plasma Rotation and Magnetic Island Evolution in Disruptive Discharges

G. Ronchi, J. H. F. Severo, F. Salzedas, R. M. O. Galvão and E. K. Sanada p. 465 abstract

Influence of Plasma Pedestal Profiles on Access to ELM-Free Regimes in ITER

S. Yu. Medvedev, A. A. Ivanov, A. A. Martynov, Yu. Yu. Poshekhonov, S. V. Konovalov and A. R. Polevoi p. 472 abstract

Linear MHD Stability Analysis of Post-Disruption Plasmas in ITER

K. Aleynikova, G. T. A. Huijsmans and P. Aleynikov p. 486 abstract

Neoclassical Offset Toroidal Velocity and Auxiliary Ion Heating in Tokamaks

E. Lazzaro p. 495 abstract

Review of Mixing Length Estimates and Effects of Toroidicity in a Fluid Model for Turbulent Transport in Tokamaks

J. Weiland p. 502 abstract

Bifurcations of Axisymmetric Plasma Equilibrium in a Tokamak

A. A. Skovoroda p. 514 abstract

Nonlinear Phenomena

Point-Vortex Approach in Two-Dimensional Turbulence

B. N. Kuvshinov and T. J. Schep p. 523 abstract

Relativistic Plasmas

Modulational Instabilities in Relativistic Pair Plasmas

J. T. Mendonça p. 537 abstract

Dusty Plasma

Dusty Plasma in the Region of the Lunar Terminator

S. I. Popel, L. M. Zelenyi and B. Atamaniuk p. 543 abstract