Introduction to plasma physics :with space, laboratory and astrophysical applications /
Gurnett, Donald A.
Introduction to plasma physics : with space, laboratory and astrophysical applications /
Donald A. Gurnett, University of Iowa, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Princeton University, New Jersey.
- Second edition.
- xi, 521 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Characteristic parameters of a plasma -- Single particle motions -- Waves in a cold plasma -- Kinetic theory and the moment equations -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- MHD equilibria and stability -- Discontinuities and shock waves -- Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma -- Waves in a hot magnetized plasma -- Nonlinear effects -- Collisional processes.