Introduction to plasma physics : with space, laboratory and astrophysical applications /
by Donald A. Gurnett, Amitava Bhattacharjee
- 2nd ed.
- New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- xi, 521 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Characteristic parameters of a plasma -- Single particle motions -- Waves in a cold plasma -- Kinetic theory and the moment equations -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- MHD equilibria and stability -- Discontinuities and shock waves -- Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma -- Waves in a hot magnetized plasma -- Nonlinear effects -- Collisional processes.