Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Basic concepts
- 2 The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics
- 3 Motion of a single plasma particle
- 4 Elementary plasma waves
- 5 Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem
- 6 Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma
- 7 Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave-energy relations
- 8 Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma
- 9 MHD equilibria
- 10 Stability of static MHD equilibria
- 11 Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer–Taylor relaxation
- 12 Magnetic reconnection
- 13 Fokker–Planck theory of collisions
- 14 Wave–particle nonlinearities
- 15 Wave–wave nonlinearities
- 16 Non-neutral plasmas
- 17 Dusty plasmas
- Appendices
- A Intuitive method for vector calculus identities
- B Vector calculus in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates
- C Frequently used physical constants and formulae
- Bibliography and suggested reading
- References
- Index
C - Frequently used physical constants and formulae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Basic concepts
- 2 The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics
- 3 Motion of a single plasma particle
- 4 Elementary plasma waves
- 5 Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem
- 6 Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma
- 7 Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave-energy relations
- 8 Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma
- 9 MHD equilibria
- 10 Stability of static MHD equilibria
- 11 Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer–Taylor relaxation
- 12 Magnetic reconnection
- 13 Fokker–Planck theory of collisions
- 14 Wave–particle nonlinearities
- 15 Wave–wave nonlinearities
- 16 Non-neutral plasmas
- 17 Dusty plasmas
- Appendices
- A Intuitive method for vector calculus identities
- B Vector calculus in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates
- C Frequently used physical constants and formulae
- Bibliography and suggested reading
- References
- Index
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- Fundamentals of Plasma Physics , pp. 593 - 596Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006