Plasma Physics for Astrophysics / / Russell M. Kulsrud.
In this book, a distinguished expert introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. Plasmas are ionized gases that can be found in a hy...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 140 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Particle Motions
- Chapter 3. Magnetohydrodynamics
- Chapter 4. Conservation Relations
- Chapter 5. MHD Waves
- Chapter 6. Nonlinear Steepening and Shocks
- Chapter 7. The Energy Principle and Instabilities
- Chapter 8. Collisions and the Braginski Equations
- Chapter 9. Collisionless Plasmas
- Chapter 10. Collisionless Plasmas:Thermal Effects
- Chapter 11. Nonlinear Phenomena
- Chapter 12. Cosmic Rays
- Chapter 13. Astrophysical Dynamos
- Chapter 14. Magnetic Reconnection
- Suggested Further Reading
- Index