Fundamentals of plasma physics - Bellan, Paul Murray, 1948- (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Basic concepts -- The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics -- Motion of a single plasma particle -- Elementary plasma waves -- Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem -- Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma -- Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave-energy relations -- Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma -- MHD equilibria -- Stability of static MHD equilibria -- Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer-Taylor relaxation -- Magnetic reconnection -- Fokker-Planck theory of collisions -- Wave-particle nonlinearities -- Wave-wave nonlinearities -- Non-neutral plasmas -- Dusty plasmas
Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-603) and index
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Keywords: Plasma (Ionized gases)