University of California San Diego, Department of Physics
Winter 2010 Physics 218B
Lecture Notes

Basics of MHD

Waves in MHD: Basic Ideas

Non-Ideal Dynamics

Foundations of MHD

MHD Energy Principle

Astrophysical MHD I


SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR 218B

"Hydromagnetic Stability of a Plasmas"- B.B. Kadomtsev

"MHD Description of Plasma" - Russell M. Kulsrud

"The Variational Principle for Problems of Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Stability"- Ira B. Bernstein

"Relaxation and Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas"- J.B. Taylor

"On Steady Laminar Flow with Closed Streamlines at Large Reynolds Number" - G.K. Batchelor

"How Rapidly is a Passive Scalar Mixed Within Closed Streamlines?" - P.B. Rhines and W.R. Young

Electron Heat Transport in a Tokamak with Destroyed Magnetic Surfaces" - A.B. Rechester and M.N. Rosenbluth

Magnetic Buoyancy and Parker Instability - D.W. Hughes and F. Cattaneo

Magnetic Buoyancy and the Boussinesq Approximation - E.A. Spiegel and N.O. Weiss

Statistical Mechanics of Violent Relaxation in Stellar Systems - D. Lynden-Bell

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