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Preace
1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Thermonuclear fusion
1.3 Plasmas in space
1.4 Plasma characteristics
2 Particle orbit theory
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Constant homogeneous magntic field
2.3 Constant homogencous electric and magnetic fields
2.4 Inhomogeneous magnetic field
2.5 Particl drifts and Plasma currents
2.6 Time-varying magnetic field and adiabatic invariance
2.7 Magnetic mirrors
2.8 The longitudinal adiabytic invariant
2.9 Magnetic flux as an adiabatic invarinat
2.10 Particle orbits in tokamaks
2.11 Adiabatic invariance and particle acceleration
2.12 Polarization drift
2.13 Particle motion at relativistic energies
2.14 The ponderomotive force
2.15 The guiding centre approzimation：a postscript
Exercises
3 Macroscopic equations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Fluid description of a Plasma
3.3 The MHD equations
3.4 Applicability of the MHD equations
3.5 Plasma wave equations
3.6 Boundary conditions
Exercises
4 Ideal magnetohydrodynamics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Conservation relations
4.3 Static equilibria
4.4 Solar MHD equilibria
4.5 Stability of ideal MHD equilibria
4.6 The energy principle
4.7 Interchange instabilities
4.8 Ideal MHD waves
Exercises
5 Resistive magnetogydrodynamics
6 Waves in unbounded homogeneous plasmas
7 Cllisionless kinetic theory
8 Collisional kinetic theory
9 Plasma radiation
10 Non-linear plasma physics
11 Aspects of inhomogeneous plasmas
12 The classical theory of plasmas
Appendix 1 Numerical values of physical constants and plasma parameters
Appendix 2 List of symbols
References
Index
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