Motion of a Particle / 1: |
Equations of Motion / 1.1: |
Particle Drifts / 1.2: |
Electric field / a: |
Gravitational field / b: |
Inhomogeneous magnetic field / c: |
Confinement in axial fields / d: |
Magnetic Moment / 1.3: |
Acceleration of Particles / 1.4: |
Macroscopic Behaviour of a Plasma / 2: |
Electrical Neutrality / 2.1: |
Basic Equations / 2.2: |
Relation between Macroscopic and Microscopic Velocities / 2.3: |
Electric Currents / 2.4: |
Motion of Material Across Lines of Force / 2.5: |
Change of flux through a moving surface |
Diffusion across a strong magnetic field |
Waves in a Plasma / 3: |
Electromagnetic Waves with No Magnetic Field / 3.1: |
Electrostatic Waves with No Magnetic Field / 3.2: |
Hydromagnetic Waves / 3.3: |
Waves in a Cold Uniform Plasma / 3.4: |
Propagation across B |
Propagation parallel to B |
Propagation in an arbitrary direction |
Damping and Excitation of Waves / 3.5: |
Landau damping |
Cyclotron damping |
Excitation, two-stream instability |
Equilibria and Their Stability / 4: |
Principles of Stable Equilibrium / 4.1: |
Plane System / 4.2: |
Equilibrium |
Stability, isotropic pressure |
Stability, anisotropic pressure |
Cylindrical System / 4.3: |
Stability |
Axisymmetric System / 4.4: |
Encounters between Charged Particles / 5: |
Distant Encounters / 5.1: |
Diffusion Coefficients / 5.2: |
Relaxation Times / 5.3: |
Electrical Resistivity / 5.4: |
Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity / 5.5: |
Radiation / 5.6: |
Photon scattering by free electrons |
Photon emission in electron-ion collisions |
Synchrotron radiation |
The Boltzmann Equation / Appendix: |
Symbols |
Index |
Motion of a Particle / 1: |
Equations of Motion / 1.1: |
Particle Drifts / 1.2: |
Electric field / a: |
Gravitational field / b: |
Inhomogeneous magnetic field / c: |