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Author: Sébastien Galtier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1107158656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introductory text on magnetohydrodynamics for advanced students, covering its broad range of applications in nature and in the laboratory.
Author: Sébastien Galtier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1316692477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNinety-nine percent of ordinary matter in the Universe is in the form of ionized fluids, or plasmas. The study of the magnetic properties of such electrically conducting fluids, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), has become a central theory in astrophysics, as well as in areas such as engineering and geophysics. This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to MHD and its recent applications, in nature and in laboratory plasmas; from the machinery of the Sun and galaxies, to the cooling of nuclear reactors and the geodynamo. It exposes advanced undergraduate and graduate students to both classical and modern concepts, making them aware of current research and the ever-widening scope of MHD. Rigorous derivations within the text, supplemented by over 100 illustrations and followed by exercises and worked solutions at the end of each chapter, provide an engaging and practical introduction to the subject and an accessible route into this wide-ranging field.
Author: P. A. Davidson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-03-05
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780521794879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an introductory text on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and conducting fluids.
Author: P. A. Davidson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 575
ISBN-13: 1107160162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive textbook prioritising physical ideas over mathematical detail. New material includes fusion plasma magnetohydrodynamics.
Author: Dieter Biskamp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-07-31
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139441671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents an introduction to, and modern account of, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, an active field both in general turbulence theory and in various areas of astrophysics. The book starts by introducing the MHD equations, certain useful approximations and the transition to turbulence. The second part of the book covers incompressible MHD turbulence, the macroscopic aspects connected with the different self-organization processes, the phenomenology of the turbulence spectra, two-point closure theory, and intermittency. The third considers two-dimensional turbulence and compressible (in particular, supersonic) turbulence. Because of the similarities in the theoretical approach, these chapters start with a brief account of the corresponding methods developed in hydrodynamic turbulence. The final part of the book is devoted to astrophysical applications: turbulence in the solar wind, in accretion disks, and in the interstellar medium. This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers working in turbulence theory, plasma physics and astrophysics.
Author: M. Goossens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9400710763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost of the visible matter in the universe exists in the plasma state. Plasmas are of major importance for space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics. On Earth they are essential for magnetic controlled thermonuclear fusion. This textbook collects lecture notes from a one-semester course taught at the K.U. Leuven to advanced undergraduate students in applied mathematics and physics. A particular strength of this book is that it provides a low threshold introduction to plasmas with an emphasis on first principles and fundamental concepts and properties. The discussion of plasma models is to a large extent limited to Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with its merits and limitations clearly explained. MHD provides the students on their first encounter with plasmas, with a powerful plasma model that they can link to familiar classic fluid dynamics. The solar wind is studied as an example of hydrodynamics and MHD at work in solar physics and astrophysics.
Author: J. P. Goedbloed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-08-05
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780521626071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook provides a modern and accessible introduction to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It describes the two main applications of plasma physics, laboratory research on thermo-nuclear fusion energy and plasma astrophysics of the solar system, stars and accretion disks, from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach provides effective methods and insights for the interpretation of plasma phenomena on virtually all scales, from the laboratory to the universe. It equips the reader with the necessary tools to understand the complexities of plasma dynamics in extended magnetic structures. The classical MHD model is developed in detail without omitting steps in the derivations and problems are included at the end of each chapter. This text is ideal for senior-level undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.
Author: Sébastien Galtier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-12-31
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1009275895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rigorously comprehensive and interdisciplinary text on wave turbulence, for graduate students and researchers in physics-related fields.
Author: Hartmut Zohm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2015-02-09
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 3527412328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book bridges the gap between general plasma physics lectures and the real world problems in MHD stability. In order to support the understanding of concepts and their implication, it refers to real world problems such as toroidal mode coupling or nonlinear evolution in a conceptual and phenomenological approach. Detailed mathematical treatment will involve classical linear stability analysis and an outline of more recent concepts such as the ballooning formalism. The book is based on lectures that the author has given to Master and PhD students in Fusion Plasma Physics. Due its strong link to experimental results in MHD instabilities, the book is also of use to senior researchers in the field, i.e. experimental physicists and engineers in fusion reactor science. The volume is organized in three parts. It starts with an introduction to the MHD equations, a section on toroidal equilibrium (tokamak and stellarator), and on linear stability analysis. Starting from there, the ideal MHD stability of the tokamak configuration will be treated in the second part which is subdivided into current driven and pressure driven MHD. This includes many examples with reference to experimental results for important MHD instabilities such as kinks and their transformation to RWMs, infernal modes, peeling modes, ballooning modes and their relation to ELMs. Finally the coverage is completed by a chapter on resistive stability explaining reconnection and island formation. Again, examples from recent tokamak MHD such as sawteeth, CTMs, NTMs and their relation to disruptions are extensively discussed.
Author: D. Biskamp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-07-17
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780521599184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA self-contained introduction to magnetohydrodynamics with emphasis on nonlinear processes.
