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1 online resource (570 pages) |
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Series in Plasma Physics Ser |
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Series in Plasma Physics Ser
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3.2.4 Parallel drift due to magnetic field shear3.2.5 The drift velocity of the guiding centre; 3.3 General motion in a varying field; 3.3.1 Equations of motion; 3.4 Theory of motion in a slowly varying field-the guiding-centre approximation; 3.4.1 Slowly varying fields; 3.4.2 The particle phase; 3.4.3 The averaging process; 3.4.4 Equations of motion for v and v‖; 3.4.5 The magnetic moment, an adiabatic invariant; 3.4.6 Drift velocity-the motion of the guiding centre; 3.4.7 The energy equation; 3.5 Motion in a dipole field-second and third adiabatic invariants and constants of the motion |
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part 1 Fundamentals of MHD Wave Theory; 1. Basic ideas of thermodynamics and electrodynamics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Elementary ideas of thermodynamics and kinetic theory; 1.2.1 Equation of state of an ideal gas; 1.2.2 Comparison with kinetic theory; 1.2.3 First law of thermodynamics; 1.2.4 Second law of thermodynamics; 1.2.5 Ratio of specific heats of a gas; 1.2.6 State variables and Maxwell's relations; 1.2.7 Rate of change of entropy in reversible processes; 1.2.8 Specific energy, entropy, and enthalpy |
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1.3 Maxwell's equations in the presence of currents and charges1.4 The Lorentz force law; 1.5 Low-velocity approximation to Maxwell's equations-Ampére's law; 1.6 Motion of charged particles in uniform electric and magnetic fields; 1.6.1 Equation of motion; 1.6.2 Cyclotron motion; 1.6.3 Electric field drift; 1.6.4 Drifts due to an external force; 1.7 Electromagnetic energy; 1.7.1 Joule energy transfer; 1.7.2 Physical interpretation of the flux vector; 1.8 Electromagnetic momentum; 1.9 Summary; 2. The magnetohydrodynamic approximation; 2.1 Introduction |
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2.2 Fluid equations for the particle species2.2.1 The continuity equation; 2.2.2 The momentum equation; 2.2.3 Adiabatic law; 2.3 Characteristic lengths and frequencies; 2.3.1 The Debye length; 2.3.2 The plasma frequency; 2.3.3 The electron and ion gyrofrequencies; 2.3.4 Characteristic speeds; 2.3.5 Parameters for approximation; 2.4 The MHD equations for a fully ionized plasma; 2.4.1 MHD variables; 2.4.2 Continuity equation; 2.4.3 Momentum equation; 2.4.4 Adiabatic law; 2.4.5 Generalized Ohm's law; 2.4.6 Reduced MHD equations; 2.5 Gravitation; 2.6 Frozen-in magnetic fields |
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2.7 Losses within plasmas2.7.1 Resistive effects; 2.7.2 Viscous effects; 2.8 Partially ionized plasma; 2.8.1 Current density in a partially ionized plasma; 2.8.2 The conductivity tensor; 2.9 Conservation laws; 2.9.1 MHD energy conservation; 2.9.2 Momentum conservation; 2.10 Summary; 3. Single-particle motion in electromagnetic fields; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Guiding-centre motion-heuristic approach; 3.2.1 Qualitative description of guiding-centre motion; 3.2.2 Drift due to a magnetic field gradient; 3.2.3 Drifts due to the variation of the zero-order drift velocity |
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3.5.1 Natural periodicities |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781420034004 |
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1420034006 |
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