Ebook: Introduction to plasma physics : with space and laboratory applications

Suitable for students with a knowledge of advanced calculus, this book covers topics including single-particle motions, kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics, small amplitude waves in both cold & hot plasmas, nonlinear phenomena & collisional effects. Introduction -- Characteristic parameters of a plasma -- Single particle motions -- Waves in a cold plasma -- Kinetic theory and the moment equations -- Magnetohydrodynamics -- Discontinuities and shock waves -- Electrostatic waves in a hot unmagnetized plasma -- Waves in a hot magnetized plasma -- Nonlinear effects -- Collisional processes