Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in the plasma
state. Plasmas are of major importance for space physics, solar
physics, and astrophysics. On Earth they are essential for magnetic
controlled thermonuclear fusion.
This textbook collects lecture notes from a one-semester course
taught at the K.U. Leuven to advanced undergraduate students in
applied mathematics and physics. A particular strength of this book
is that it provides a low threshold introduction to plasmas with an
emphasis on first principles and fundamental concepts and
properties.
The discussion of plasma models is to a large extent limited to
Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with its merits and limitations clearly
explained. MHD provides the students on their first encounter with
plasmas, with a powerful plasma model that they can link to
familiar classic fluid dynamics. The solar wind is studied as an
example of hydrodynamics and MHD at work in solar physics and
astrophysics.
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