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Author Bellan, Paul Murray, 1948-

Title Fundamentals of plasma physics / Paul M. Bellan
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description xvii, 609 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Basic concepts; 2. The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics; 3. Motion of a single plasma particle; 4. Elementary plasma waves; 5. Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem; 6. Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma; 7. Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave energy relations; 8. Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma; 9. MHD equilibria; 10. Stability of static MHD equilibria; 11. Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer-Taylor relaxation; 12. Magnetic reconnection; 13. Fokker-Planck theory of collisions; 14. Wave-particle nonlinearities; 15. Wave-wave nonlinearities; 16. Non-neutral plasmas; 17. Dusty plasmas; Appendix A. Intuitive method for vector calculus identities; Appendix B. Vector calculus in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates; Appendix C. Frequently used physical constants and formulae; Bibliography; References; Index
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-603) and index
Subject Plasma (Ionized gases)
LC no. 2006298199
ISBN 0521821169 (hbk.)