Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characteristic parameters of a plasma
- 3 Single particle motions
- 4 Waves in a cold plasma
- 5 Kinetic theory and the moment equations
- 6 Magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Discontinuities and shock waves
- 8 Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma
- 9 Waves in a hot magnetized plasma
- 10 Non-linear effects
- 11 Collisional processes
- Appendix A Symbols
- Appendix B Vector differential operators
- Appendix C Vector calculus identities
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characteristic parameters of a plasma
- 3 Single particle motions
- 4 Waves in a cold plasma
- 5 Kinetic theory and the moment equations
- 6 Magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Discontinuities and shock waves
- 8 Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma
- 9 Waves in a hot magnetized plasma
- 10 Non-linear effects
- 11 Collisional processes
- Appendix A Symbols
- Appendix B Vector differential operators
- Appendix C Vector calculus identities
- Index
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- Introduction to Plasma PhysicsWith Space and Laboratory Applications, pp. v - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005