Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some preliminaries
- 3 Eikonal approximation
- 4 Visualization and wave-field construction
- 5 Phase space theory of caustics
- 6 Mode conversion and tunneling
- 7 Gyroresonant wave conversion
- Appendix A Cold-plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor
- Appendix B Review of variational principles
- Appendix C Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas
- Appendix D Heisenberg–Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols
- Appendix E Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms
- Appendix F Normal forms
- Appendix G General solutions for multidimensional conversion
- Glossary of mathematical symbols
- Author index
- Subject index
- References
Appendix D - Heisenberg–Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some preliminaries
- 3 Eikonal approximation
- 4 Visualization and wave-field construction
- 5 Phase space theory of caustics
- 6 Mode conversion and tunneling
- 7 Gyroresonant wave conversion
- Appendix A Cold-plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor
- Appendix B Review of variational principles
- Appendix C Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas
- Appendix D Heisenberg–Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols
- Appendix E Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms
- Appendix F Normal forms
- Appendix G General solutions for multidimensional conversion
- Glossary of mathematical symbols
- Author index
- Subject index
- References
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- Ray Tracing and BeyondPhase Space Methods in Plasma Wave Theory, pp. 426 - 452Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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