Introduction to plasma physics: with space and laboratory applications/
D.A. Gurnett and A. Bhattacharjee.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- x, 452 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Characteristic parameters of a plasma -- Single particle motions -- Waves in a cold plasma -- Kinetic theory and the moment equations -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Discontinuities and shock waves -- Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma -- Waves in a hot magnetized plasma -- Nonlinear effects -- Collisional processes.