Preface: ‘‘Nonlinear dynamics and acceleration mechanisms’’

The JIFT workshop on ‘‘Nonlinear dynamics and acceleration mechanisms’’ covered the following subjects:i) Stochastic properties of low dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems, ii) Nonlinear plasma phenomena and nonlinear dynamical system:   a) Motion of charged particles in the tail of the geomagnetic sphere and magnetic field reconnection,  b) Magnetic dynamo and chaos,   c) Particle acceleration by coherent electromagnetic wave, and   d) Chaos in free electron laser; iii) Chaos in chemical reactions, and iv) Stability of particle orbits in accelerators and toroidal magnetic fields in fusion devices.The plasma confinement by magnetic fields is also discussed. (AIP)