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Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) combines Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism with fluid dynamics to describe the large-scale behavior of conducting fluids such as plasmas.  These slides introduce the equations of MHD and describe how each term in the equations represents a different physical effect.

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References

  • Boyd, T. J. M. and Sanderson, J. J. (2003). The Physics of Plasmas (Cambridge University Press).
  • Chen, Francis F. (2016). Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 3rd edition (Springer).
  • Goedbloed, Hans and Poedts, Stefaan (2004). Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics (Cambridge University Press).
  • Monroe, Randall (2017). Magnetohydrodynamics, https://xkcd.com/1851/
  • Priest, Eric (2014). Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun (Cambridge University Press).