Bellan, Paul Murray, <br/><br/>
Fundamentals of plasma physics /  
Paul M. Bellan. 
 - Cambridge, UK :  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  c2006. 
 - xvii, 609 p.   ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 597-603) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface; 1. Basic concepts; 2. The Vlasov, two-fluid, and MHD models of plasma dynamics; 3. Motion of a single plasma particle; 4. Elementary plasma waves; 5. Streaming instabilities and the Landau problem; 6. Cold plasma waves in a magnetized plasma; 7. Waves in inhomogeneous plasmas and wave energy relations; 8. Vlasov theory of warm electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma; 9. MHD equilibria; 10. Stability of static MHD equilibria; 11. Magnetic helicity interpreted and Woltjer-Taylor relaxation; 12. Magnetic reconnection; 13. Fokker-Planck theory of collisions; 14. Wave-particle nonlinearities; 15. Wave-wave nonlinearities; 16. Non-neutral plasmas; 17. Dusty plasmas; Appendix A. Intuitive method for vector calculus identities; Appendix B. Vector calculus in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates; Appendix C. Frequently used physical constants and formulae; Bibliography; References; Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521821169 (hbk.) 9780521821162 9780521528009 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Plasma (Ionized gases)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.44  / B436