Title Plasma physics : an introduction to the theory of astrophysical, geophysical, and laboratory plasmas / Peter A. Sturrock

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic concepts -- 3. Orbit theory - uniform fields -- 4. Adiabatic invariants -- 5. Orbit theory -- 6. Electromagnetic waves in a cold electron plasma -- 7. Electromagnetic waves in an electron-ion plasma -- 8. Two-stream instability -- 9. Electrostatic oscillations in a plasma of non-zero temperature -- 10. Collision theory -- 11. MHD equations -- 12. Magnetohydrodynamics -- 13. Force-free magnetic configurations -- 14. Waves in MHD systems -- 15. Magnetohydrodynamic stability -- 16. Variational principle for MHD systems -- 17. Resistive instabilities -- 18. Stochastic processes -- 19. Interaction of particles and waves Analysis Plasmas Physics Notes Index; P. 329-335 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and indexes Subject Magnetohydrodynamics. Plasma (Ionized gases) LC no. 93003418 ISBN 0521443504 (hardback) 0521448107 (paperback)

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