Lectures in Magnetohydrodynamics With an Appendix on Extended MHD /

• Main Author: Schnack, Dalton D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 780
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear energy.; Space sciences.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Plasma Physics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Nuclear Energy.

This concise and self-contained primer is based on class-tested notes for an advanced graduate course in MHD. The broad areas chosen for presentation are the derivation and properties of the fundamental equations, equilibrium, waves and instabilities, self-organization, turbulence, and dynamos. The...