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020 _a9780511599965 (ebook)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC718.5.M36
_bB56 1993
082 0 0 _a538/.6
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100 1 _aBiskamp, D.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNonlinear magnetohydrodynamics /
_cDieter Biskamp.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1993.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on plasma physics ;
_v1
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aA self-contained introduction to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), with emphasis on nonlinear processes. Chapters 2 to 4 outline the conventional aspects of MHD theory, magnetostatic equilibrium and linear stability theory, which form a natural basis for the topics in the subsequent chapters. The main part, chapters 5 to 7, presents nonlinear theory, starting with the evolutions and saturations of individual ideas and resistive instabilities, continuing with a detailed analysis of magnetic reconnection, and concluding with the most complex nonlinear behaviour, that of MHD turbulence. The last chapters describe three important applications of the theory: disruptive processes in tokamaks, MHD effects in reversed-field pinches, and solar flares. In the presentation the focus is more on physical mechanisms than on special formalisms. The book is essential reading for researchers and graduate students interested in MHD processes both in laboratory and in astrophysical plasmas.
650 0 _aMagnetohydrodynamics.
650 0 _aNonlinear theories.
650 0 _aSolar flares.
650 0 _aPlasma astrophysics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521402064
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on plasma physics ;
_v1.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511599965
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_d518340