Text: Nonlinear coherent modes in MHD-plasmas. Collective coherent states arise in plasmas and are termed plasma instabilities. These coherent resonant states produce plasma behavior which defeats most methods of containment, either magnetic bottle type or inertial confinement. Therefore appropriate density and temperatures are not obtained to produce a self-sustained fusion reaction. We treat the plasma-MHD system as a non-linear quantum system and, in this formulation, we can describe in detail the properties of the instabilities. We interpret the instabilities as collective phonon (or plasmon) and individual electron interactions which form a collective, non-dispersive or non-decaying state. Once examined in this light, we can determine externally applied field characteristics to disperse these coherent states. We have developed a full quantum field theoretic formulation of the plasma system. (1) We plan to detail the field theoretic approach of the coherent state solutions to the MHD equations. Notes refer to: (1) Rauscher, Elizabeth A. "Electron interactions and quantum plasma physics." Journal of Plasma Physics. 2, 1968. p. 517-541. 64 Santa Margarita, San Leandro, California: Tecnic Research Laboratories.

See Also: Solitons, multidimensional physics, non-Hertzian waves, plasmas.

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