Advanced magnetohydrodynamics: with applications to laboratory and astrophysical plasmas

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 promisingapproach to fusion energy), and nonlinear dynamics (where it all comes together with modern computational techniques and extreme transonic and relativisticplasma flows). The textbook interweaves theory and explicit calculations of waves and instabilities of streaming plasmas in complex magnetic geometries. Itis ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-70524-0
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 650
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés