02092nam a22003618a 4500 CR9781139195560 UkCbUP 20171019154623.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 111109s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139195560 (ebook) 9780521879576 (hardback) 9780521705240 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda QC718.5.M36 G638 2010 538/.6 22 Goedbloed, J. P., author. Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics : With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas / J. P. Goedbloed, Rony Keppens, Stefaan Poedts. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (656 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied to streaming plasmas (the vast majority of visible matter in the Universe), toroidal plasmas (the most promising approach to fusion energy), and nonlinear dynamics (where it all comes together with modern computational techniques and extreme transonic and relativistic plasma flows). The textbook interweaves theory and explicit calculations of waves and instabilities of streaming plasmas in complex magnetic geometries. It is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics. Magnetohydrodynamics Plasma astrophysics Keppens, Rony, author. Poedts, Stefaan, author. Print version: 9780521879576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139195560 227845 227845