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Nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics

By Dieter Biskamp

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
9780521599184, 0521599180
LCC
QC718.5.M36 B56 1997
Open Library ID
OL295544M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7046177 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics
Pages
386\386
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Физика плазмы

Description

This book provides a self-contained introduction to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), with emphasis on nonlinear processes. The book outlines the conventional aspects of MHD theory, magnetostatic equilibrium and linear stability theory. It concentrates on nonlinear theory, starting with the evolution and saturation of individual ideal and resistive instabilities, continuing with a detailed analysis of magnetic reconnection and concluding with a study of the most complex nonlinear behavior, that of MHD turbulence. The last chapters describe three important applications of the theory: disruptive processes in tokomaks, MHD effects in the reversed field pinch, and solar flares.

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