Nonconservative stability problems of modern physics This updated revision gives a complete and topical overview on Nonconservative Stability which is essential for many areas of science and technology ranging from particles trapping in optical tweezers and dynamics of subcellular structures to dissipative and radiative instabilities in fluid mechanics astrophysics and celestial mechanics. The author presents relevant mathematical concepts as well as rigorous stability results and numerous classical and contemporary examples from non conservative mechanics and non Hermitian physics. New coverage of ponderomotive magnetism experimental detection of Ziegler’s destabilization phenomenon and theory of double diffusive instabilities in magnetohydrodynamics Frontmatter Preface Preface to the second edition Contents 1 Introduction 2 Lyapunov stability and linear stability analysis 3 Hamiltonian and gyroscopic systems 4 Reversible and circulatory systems 5 Influence of structure of forces on stability 6 Dissipation induced instabilities 7 Nonself adjoint boundary eigenvalue problems for differential operators and operator matrices dependent on parameters 8 The destabilization paradox in continuous circulatory systems 9 The MHD kinematic mean field α2 dynamo 10 Campbell diagrams of gyroscopic continua and subcritical friction induced flutter 11 Non Hermitian perturbation of Hermitian matrices with physical applications 12 Double diffusive instabilities in hydro and magnetohydrodynamics Bibliography Index