Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Plasma Physics Preliminaries
- Part II Basic Magnetohydrodynamics
- 4 The MHD model
- 5 Waves and characteristics
- 6 Spectral theory
- Part III Standard Model Applications
- Part IV Flow and Dissipation
- Part V Toroidal Geometry
- Part VI Nonlinear Dynamics
- Appendix A Vectors and coordinates
- Appendix B Tables of physical quantities
- References
- Index
5 - Waves and characteristics
from Part II - Basic Magnetohydrodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Plasma Physics Preliminaries
- Part II Basic Magnetohydrodynamics
- 4 The MHD model
- 5 Waves and characteristics
- 6 Spectral theory
- Part III Standard Model Applications
- Part IV Flow and Dissipation
- Part V Toroidal Geometry
- Part VI Nonlinear Dynamics
- Appendix A Vectors and coordinates
- Appendix B Tables of physical quantities
- References
- Index
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- Magnetohydrodynamics of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas , pp. 147 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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