Plasma Physics Reports -- August 2003 Volume 29, Issue 8, pp. 635-726 TOKAMAKS Effect of Density Variations along Ion Drift Trajectories on the Poloidal and Toroidal Rotation Velocities of a Collisionless Tokamak Plasma A. N. Romannikov pp. 635-641 Full Text: PDF (75 kB) DUSTY PLASMA Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Dust Grains in Gas-Discharge Plasmas O. S. Vaulina, O. F. Petrov, V. E. Fortov, A. V. Chernyshev, A. V. Gavrikov, I. A. Shakhova, and Yu. P. Semenov pp. 642-656 Full Text: PDF (240 kB) PLASMA DYNAMICS Generation and Interaction of Intense Counterpropagating Plasma Flows G. N. Dudkin, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, V. M. Bystritsky, V. A. Stolupin, Vit. M. Bystritskii, and J. Voznyak pp. 657-663 Full Text: PDF (106 kB) Synchronization of Parallel-Connected Plasma Opening Switches and Switching the Current to the Load A. A. Altukhov, P. I. Blinov, G. I. Dolgachev, D. D. Maslennikov, A. S. Fedotkin, and I. A. Khodeev pp. 664-668 Full Text: PDF (93 kB) PLASMA OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES Parametric Excitation of Surface Waves at the Boundary between a Magnetized Plasma and a Metal N. A. Azarenkov, Yu. A. Akimov, and V. P. Olefir pp. 669-674 Full Text: PDF (91 kB) Formation of a Steady-State Shock Front of a Long-Wavelength Fast Magnetosonic Wave in Space Plasma with Strong Alfvén Turbulence V. R. Zemskov pp. 675-682 Full Text: PDF (103 kB) Evolution of the Electron Langmuir Oscillations in an Inhomogeneous Magnetized Plasma A. V. Timofeev pp. 683-687 Full Text: PDF (70 kB) BEAMS IN PLASMA Effect of the Microwave Ponderomotive Force on the Development of the Beam Instability at Different Plasma and Beam Parameters Yu. P. Bliokh, V. O. Podobinskii, and G. V. Sotnikov pp. 688-694 Full Text: PDF (95 kB) LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA Formation and Development of a Leader Channel in Air N. A. Popov pp. 695-708 Full Text: PDF (174 kB) New Mechanism for the Influence of Xe on the Concentration of CO2 Molecules in Self-Sustained CO-Laser Discharges G. M. Grigorian, N. A. Dyatko, and I. V. Kochetov pp. 709-716 Full Text: PDF (104 kB) Shape of the Current Tube of a Negative Point-to-Plane Corona in Air Yu. S. Akishev, M. E. Grushin, V. B. Karal'nik, A. E. Monich, and N. I. Trushkin pp. 717-726 Full Text: PDF (129 kB)