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Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas

By Stefaan Poedts , J. P. Goedbloed , Rony Keppens

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
052170524X, 9780521705240, 0521879574, 9780521879576
LCC
QC718.5.M36 G638 2010
Open Library ID
OL24028729M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19102896 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
652\652
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36
Физика;Физика плазмы

Description

Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied to streaming plasmas (the vast majority of visible matter in the Universe), toroidal plasmas (the most promising approach to fusion energy), and nonlinear dynamics (where it all comes together with modern computational techniques and extreme transonic and relativistic plasma flows). The textbook interweaves theory and explicit calculations of waves and instabilities of streaming plasmas in complex magnetic geometries. It is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

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