Ideal and Resistive Magnetohydrodynamics

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-86206-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book describes state-of-the-art theories and applications of ideal and resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It fills a gap in the market between existing textbooks and the latest cutting-edge research developments, reviewing the profound and pioneering contributions of the theory’s founders and the latest developments and technologies.

This book guides readers from the foundations and first principles of MHD to then explore equilibrium theory from classic formulations to modern innovations in coil design, stellarator symmetry, and X-point physics.

Clear explanations connect advanced ideal and resistive stability theory to real fusion challenges, including interchange, ballooning, and Alfv´en modes. The book also unpacks key nonlinear phenomena such as magnetic islands, tearing modes, sawteeth, and edge transport dynamics.

Concluding with a forward-looking assessment of tokamak, stellarator, and mirror concepts, this volume offers a deep yet accessible review of the field for anyone seeking to understand the MHD principles that underpin controlled nuclear fusion.

This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in plasma physics. Although it focuses mainly on magnetically confined fusion plasma physics, it will also be useful to students and researchers in adjoining fields, including space plasma physics.

Key features:

- One of only a handful of books dedicated entirely to advanced ideal and resistive MHD theory for magnetically confined plasmas.

- Fills a gap between existing textbooks and cutting-edge research in plasma physics.

- Self-contained, covering advanced theory with detailed mathematical treatments

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zheng, Linjin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: From Kinetic To Fluid Descriptions, Chapter 3: Fundamentals Of MHD Theory, Chapter 4: MHD Equilibrium, Chapter 5: Linear Ideal MHD Stability Theory In Cylindrical Geometry, Chapter 6: Linear Ideal MHD Stability Theory In Toroidal Geometry, Chapter 7: Linear Resistive MHD Stability Theory In Cylindrical Geometry, Chapter 8: Linear Resistive MHD Stability Theory In Toroidal Geometry, Chapter 9: Nonlinear Stability Theories, Chapter 10: Magnetic Fusion Concepts And Conclusive Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Linjin Zheng is a research scientist at the Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). He is a theoretical physicist for controlled thermonuclear fusion plasmas. He received his MS degree from The University of Science and Technology of China and PhD from Institute of Physics - Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published more than one hundred scientific papers in Physics Review Letters, Physics Letters, Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, and at major conferences. He has edited one and authored five books, covering ideal and resistive MHD, multifluids, and kinetic theories. His major contributions with his colleagues include the reformulation of gyrokinetic theory, renormalization of Lie transform theory, development of perpendicular magnetohydrodynamic theory, invention of the free boundary ballooning representation, solution of the X point equilibrium, discoveries of the second toroidal Alfv´en eigenmodes and the current interchange tearing modes, etc. With his colleagues, he also developed the tokamak equilibrium code ATEQ and stability codes AEGIS and AEGIS-K.