Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Plasma physics preliminaries
- Part II Basic magnetohydrodynamics
- 4 The MHD model
- 5 Waves and characteristics
- 6 Spectral theory
- 7 Waves and instabilities of inhomogeneous plasmas
- 8 Magnetic structures and dynamics
- 9 Cylindrical plasmas
- 10 Initial value problem and wave damping
- 11 Resonant absorption and wave heating
- Appendices
- References
- Index
5 - Waves and characteristics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Plasma physics preliminaries
- Part II Basic magnetohydrodynamics
- 4 The MHD model
- 5 Waves and characteristics
- 6 Spectral theory
- 7 Waves and instabilities of inhomogeneous plasmas
- 8 Magnetic structures and dynamics
- 9 Cylindrical plasmas
- 10 Initial value problem and wave damping
- 11 Resonant absorption and wave heating
- Appendices
- References
- Index
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- Principles of MagnetohydrodynamicsWith Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, pp. 186 - 229Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004