The most informative way to study laboratory and astrophysical plasmas is by analysing their radiation, specifically the polarization and directional effects in the radiation from plasmas. The book covers various polarization and directional effects in the radiation of satellites of spectral lines from plasmas, in the intra-Stark spectroscopy of plasmas, in the Stark broadening of spectral lines by a high-energy hydrogen or deuterium beam, or by a relativistic electron beam in magnetic fusion plasmas, in the Stark broadening of spectral lines in strongly-magnetized plasmas, in the radiation of plasma-based x-ray lasers, and in the laser-induced fluorescence from plasmas. Part of IOP Series in Plasma Physics.

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