- Basics of one- fluid plasma description. Classic approach: forces acting upon conducting fluid.
Equation of induction and its analogy with classic vortex. Magnetic Reynolds number. Magnetic field
diffusion.
- Two- fluid plasma model. Dispersion of waves in plasma.
- Magnetic sound in two- fluid MHD. Oblique waves.
- Ion sound in magnetized plasma.
- Wave equation for Alfven waves in inhomogeneous plasma.
- Logarithmic singularity at Alfven resonance point. Cusp Alfven waves.
- Kinetic Alfven waves. FILR effects.
- Surface waves in a plane geometry.
- Magnetosonic surface waves on field tubes.
- Rayleigh- Taylor instability in hydrodynamics.
- Plasma in strong magnetic field. The Chew- Goldberger- Low equations.
- Low- frequency wave spectra. Fire- horse instability.
- Stability of magnetic flux tubes. The Kruscal- Shafranov criterion.
- Supersonic flow. Mach surface. Classification of discontinuities on plasma surface.
- Shocks. The Rankine- Hugoniot equations. Fast and slow shocks.
- Solar wind. Interplanetary magnetic field.
- Earth's bow shock. Solar wind interaction with the Solar system bodies.
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