Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Preface 1. Basic concepts 2. The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics 3. Motion of a single plasma particle 4. Elementary plasma waves 5. Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem 6. Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma 7. Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave energy relations 8. Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma 9. MHD equilibria 10. Stability of static MHD equilibria 11. Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer-Taylor relaxation 12. Magnetic reconnection 13. Fokker-Planck theory of collisions 14. Wave-particle nonlinearities 15. Wave-wave nonlinearities 16. Non-neutral plasmas 17. Dusty plasmas Appendix A. Intuitive method for vector calculus identities Appendix B. Vector calculus in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates Appendix C. Frequently used physical constants and formulae Bibliography References Index.

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