Plasma physics : an introduction to the theory of astrophysical, geophysical, and laboratory plasmas /
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| Author / Creator: | Sturrock, Peter A. (Peter Andrew) |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. |
| Description: | xii, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1515695 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
