Advanced magnetohydrodynamics
Subtitle: with applications to laboratory and astrophysical plasmas
By: J.P. (Hans) Goedbloed, Rony Keppens, Stefaan Poedts.
Contributors: Keppens, Rony.; Poedts, Stefaan, 1962-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9780521879576
Subjects: Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma astrophysics
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"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; Part III. Flow and Dissipation: 12. Waves and instabilities of stationary plasmas; 13. Shear flow and rotation; 14. Resistive plasma dynamics; 15. Computational linear MHD; Part IV. Toroidal Plasmas: 16. Static equilibrium of toroidal plasmas; 17. Linear dynamics of static toroidal plasmas; 18. Linear dynamics of stationary toroidal plasmas; Part V. Nonlinear Dynamics: 19. Computational nonlinear MHD; 20. Transonic MHD flows and shocks; 21. Ideal MHD in special relativity; Appendices; References; Index.