INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA THEORY
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Provides a complete introduction to plasma physics as taught in a 1-year graduate course. Covers all important topics of plasma theory, omitting no mathematical steps in derivations. Covers solitons, parametric instabilities, weak turbulence theory, and more. Includes exercises and problems which apply theories to practical examples. 4 of the 10 chapters do not include complex variables and can be used for a 1-semester senior level undergraduate course.
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Single Particle Motion.
Plasma Kinetic Theory I: Klimontovich Equation.
Plasma Kinetic Theory II: Liouville Equation.
Plasma Kinetic Theory III: Lenard-Balescu Equation.
Vlasov Equation.
Fluid Equations.
Magnetohydrodynamics.
Discrete Particle Effects.
Weak Turbulence Theory.
Appendix.
Index.
