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Physics of High-Density Z-Pinch Plasmas
Michael A. Liberman, John S. De Groot, ...

Springer, 1999

A "z-pinch" is a deceptively simple plasma configuration in which a longitudinal current produces a magnetic field that tends to confine the plasma. The simple geometry and low cost made it an early candidate for controlled fusion experiments. However, instabilities and rapid plasma loss motivated the development of more complicated plasma confinement systems such as tokamaks and stellarators. Recent experiments, in which z-pinches produced ...

Physics of the Solar Corona: An Introduction with Problems and Solutions (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy ...
Markus J. Aschwanden

Springer, 2006

Solar science has evolved rapidly over the past ten years as the results of a new generation of solar space missions have become available. This book provides a thorough introduction to the subject of solar physics, based on those spacecraft observations. The author introduces the solar corona, which has a temperature of several million degrees, and sets it in the context of basic plasma physics before moving on to discuss plasma instabilities ...

Spheromaks: A Practical Application of Magnetohydrodynamic Dynamos and Plasma Self-Organization

2 reviews
Paul Murray Bellan

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2000

Splendidly straightforward, clear, and understandable for the introductory plasma physics student
I have been reading this book as part of the preparation for my internship this summer, and have been nothing but pleased with it. Bellan writes after my own heart, his equations are well explained and in most cases derived for the reader. Steps in the derivation are narrated in a clear manner, and enough steps are shown in them that the reader can do just that, read. Many physics books I find ...

Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics (Dover Books on Engineering)
George W. Sutton, Arthur Sherman

Dover Publications, 2006

The first section of this three-part treatment deals mainly with properties of ionized gases in magnetic and electric fields, essentially following the microscopic viewpoint. Part II addresses macroscopic motion of electrically conducting compressible fluids. Part III draws upon the material developed in previous sections to explore applications of magnetohydrodynamics. 1965 edition.

An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics)

1 review
P. A. Davidson

Cambridge University Press, 2001

Excellent introduction to physics behind the MHD equations
If you want a really well written explanation of what is a physical meaning of the MHD equations, what are the fundamental ideas behind them with examples from solar spots to metallurgical applications, nicely and clearly illustrated, this is the book for you. Congratulations to the author!

An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)
M. Goossens

Springer, 2003

Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in the plasma state. Plasmas are of major importance for space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics. On Earth they are essential for magnetic controlled thermonuclear fusion. This textbook collects lecture notes from a one-semester course taught at the K.U. Leuven to advanced undergraduate students in applied mathematics and physics. A particular strength of this book is that it provides ...

Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability (International Series of Monographs on Physics (Oxford, England).)

4 reviews
S. Chandrasekhar

Dover Publications, 1981

Most affordable of the classics on hydrodynamic stability
This is one of the standard monographs on hydrodynamic instabilities, considered a classic. It was published by Oxford UP in 1961 and is kept in print (at a bargain price) by Dover. It is still very usable, easy to read, and an excellent introduction, although on some points it is out of date. For Rayleigh-Benard convection, a reader would do well to consult more recent books like Drazin & ...

Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas

1 review
J. P. Hans Goedbloed, Stefaan Poedts

Cambridge University Press, 2004

excelent book
I am having this book as a textbook in a Space Plasma Physics Course. It is outstanding, and very helpful. I highly recommend it.

The Theory of Toroidally Confined Plasmas
Roscoe B. White

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006

This invaluable book provides a basic introduction to plasma equilibrium, particle orbits, transport, and those ideal and resistive magnetohydrodynamic instabilities which dominate the behavior of toroidal magnetically confined plasmas, and to develop the mathematical methods necessary for their theoretical analysis. The book deals primarily with the consequences of ideal and resistive magnetohydrodynamics, these theories being responsible for ...

Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas (Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics)

1 review
Per Helander, Dieter J. Sigmar

Cambridge University Press, 2005

A good book on an advanced topic
I am a fifth year graduate student studying astrophysical plasma physics (in particular, magnetic reconnection). For books of its type, "Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas" has been surprisingly clear and full of lots of good information. The book is very well-organized. It is focused on laboratory plasmas (especially those of fusion interest), but the first few chapters are general ...

Electrodynamics of Continua I: Foundations and Solid Media
A. C. Eringen, G. A. Maugin

Springer, 1990

This book presents a unified approach to the electrodynamics of continua, based on the principles of contemporary continuum of physics. This interdisciplinary approach is unique for the treatment of the subject matter, and much of the material is new or newly composed. No other treatise similar in content and composition to this one exists at this time. The authors present a self-contained, finite deformation and finte electro-magnetic field ...

Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics (Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics)
Dieter Biskamp

Cambridge University Press, 1997

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 ...

Heat and Mass Transfer in Mhd Flows (Studies in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol 3)
E. Blums, Yu. A. Mikhailov, ...

World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 1987

Solar Magnetohydrodynamics
E.R. Priest

Springer, 1984

Selected Papers, Volume 3: Stochastic, Statistical, and Hydromagnetic Problems in Physics and Astronomy ...
S. Chandrasekhar

University Of Chicago Press, 1989

This is the third of six volumes collecting significant papers of the distinguished astrophysicist and Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar. His work is notable for its breadth as well as for its brilliance; his practice has been to change his focus from time to time to pursue new areas of research. The result has been a prolific career full of discoveries and insights, some of which are only now being fully appreciated. Chandrasekhar has selected ...

Magnetohydrodynamics in Binary Stars (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

1 review
C.G. Campbell

Springer, 1997

a good necessary source.
This book is a necessary source for a scientist who are studying astrophysics. But I have got some criticism.These are; 1- this book is very expencive 2- The pictures is less for visual and to imagine. I wanted to have a lot of pictures moreover these pictures may be colour. But the content and the explain kind are good in this book. These ideas belong to me. Thank you for ...

Jets From Young Stars III: Numerical MHD and Instabilities (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Springer, 2008

This volume contains the lecture notes of the Third JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars focussing on Numerical MHD and Instabilities. The introductory lectures presented here cover the basic concepts of the numerical methods for the integration of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic equations and of the applications of these methods to the treatment of the instabilities relevant for the physics of stellar jets. The first part of the book ...

Solitary Waves in Plasmas and in the Atmosphere
Petviashvili

Routledge, 1992

Solitary wave theory is a rapidly developing discipline of significance in many fields of science, from ocean dynamics to plasma physics. Solitary Waves in Plasmas and in the Atmosphere offers a unified exposition of both the principles and recent advances of this fundamental theory. The authors introduce the theory of highly nonlinear phenomena in plasmas and in the atmosphere, and then study the development of these phenomena under the ...

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