Reviews of Plasma Physics

Plasma Models of Atom and Radiative - Collisional Processes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Plasma characteristics of atoms in phenomenological and kinetic models of atoms. Dynamic polarizability of atomic structures.- 3. Static and polarization radiative channels in collision of charged particles with atoms and plasmas.- 4. Plasma models for photoionization of atoms and ions.- 5. Bremsstrahlung and photorecombination of moderate energy electrons on multielectron atoms and ions.- 6. Polarization channels of fast particle radiation on atoms, in plasma, and in a dense medium.- 7. Polarization - interference phenomena in radiation of thermal electrons in a low-temperature plasma.- 8. Polarization radiation and absorption in a laser field.- 9. Polarization radiation, Compton scattering and collisional ionization. Cross section relationship, similarity laws, new ionization cross section data.- 10. Experimental aspects.- 11. Conclusion.- References.- Asymptotic Theory of Charge Exchange and Mobility Processes for Atomic Ions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Asymptotic theory of the interaction of atomic ions with parent atoms at large separations.- 3. Asymptotic theory of resonant charge exchange process.- 4. Mobility of atomic ions in gases.- 5. Conclusions.- References.