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Basic properties of plasmas are introduced, which are valid for an extremely wide range of plasma parameters. Plasmas are classified by different physical behaviour. The motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields is revised with respect to drift motions. Adiabatic invariants are discussed and the kinetic description of plasmas is briefly presented.

Waves are basic manifestation of collective effects in plasmas. Wave types occurring in the plasma state are introduced and discussed with experimental applications, e.g. for the diagnostics of plasmas.

The physics of hot plasmas is based on understanding of the interdependency of magnetic and hydrodynamics properties of plasmas.

The physics of hot plasmas, i.e. nearly collisionless plasmas with finite pressure as they occur in astrophysical or fusion applications, is discussed. Description in terms of a kinetic equation, but also using velocity averaged fluid equations is introduced and examples for results obtained using this description are given. Hot plasmas are shown to be fascinating objects in which complex many-body interaction occur.

Characteristic properties and generation mechanisms of low temperature plasmas in different gas discharges are presented. A special part is focussed to the plasma surface transition including electric probes for plasma diagnostics. Reactive plasma surface interaction is exemplarily shown in polymer surface modification and deposition of thin organic films.

We give a brief introduction into the basic many-particle effectes in strongly coupled plasmas and their theoretical treatment. Exemplary results are shown for the composition and equation of state as well as for electrical conductivity.

This chapter describes the basic principles of magnetic confinement. The main representatives of magnetic confinement are the mirror machine, the tokamak device and the stellarator. A short description of the technical layout and the theory of plasma confinement in these concepts will be given. The chapter ends with the problem of plasma losses in toroidal devices and discusses the various transport processes.

Turbulence is a complex manifestation of collective plasma behaviour. An introduction to turbulence with particular emphasis on magnetized plasmas is given.

To understand the mechanisms determining con.nement of energy and particles in toroidal plasmas, is one of the most prominent and ambiguous objectives of fusion research. There is a wide spectrum of different physical processes involved in plasma transport, ranging from the complexity of particle trajectories in three-dimensional magnetic con.gurations over kinetic effects related to the particle distribution functions to the wide field of plasma turbulence. This chapter aims to give an overview and an intuitive understanding of the various approaches.

Single components non-neutral plasmas confined in static or radiofrequency traps show oscillations and instabilities as basic manifestations of collective effects. They are discussed for the weak and strong coupling regime. This chapter covers introductory aspects to chapters on applications and is related to the chapter on Strongly Coupled Plasmas (Chap. 6, Part I) as well as on Collective Effects in Dusty Plasmas (Chap. 11, Part II).