Gurnett, Donald A.

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.

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Plasma (Ionized gases)
Space plasmas.

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