Computational methods in plasma physics /

Main Author: Jardin, Stephen.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to magnetohydrodynamic equations
  • Introduction to finite difference equations
  • Finite difference methods for elliptic equations
  • Plasma equilibrium
  • Magnetic flux coordinates in a torus
  • Diffusion and transport in axisymmetric geometry
  • Numerical methods for parabolic equations
  • Methods of ideal MHD stability analysis
  • Numerical methods for hyperbolic equations
  • Spectral methods for initial value problems
  • The finite element method.