Preface xii1 Introduction - Collective Behaviour 12 Introduction - Collisional Behaviour3 Single Particle Motion - Guiding Centre Model 524 Kinetic Theory of Gases 805 Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous, Dispersive Media 1056 Collisionless Plasma Models 1297 Kinetic Theory of Plasmas 1398 The Hydrodynamic Limit for Plasma 1709 Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics 21310 Waves in MHD Fluids 22311 Waves in Cold Magnetised Plasma 25412 Waves in Magnetised Warm Plasma 27013 Properties of Electro-magnetic Waves in Plasma 32014 Laser-Plasma Interaction 35715 Magnetically Confined Plasma 38216 Instability of an Equilibrium Confined Plasma 422
Geoffrey J. Pert is Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of York, UK. He has continuously been involved in research in plasma physics, primarily the interaction of high-power lasers with materials, since first studying the subject as a research student in the 1960's. Professor Pert is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has published more than 200 papers in scientific research journals. He is the author of Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and the co-author of An Introduction to Computer Simulation.