Fundamentals of Cosmic Electrodynamics

Preface. Introduction. 1. Charged Particles in the Electromagnetic Field. 2. The Motion of a Charged Particle in Given Fields. 3. Coulomb Collisions of Particles. 4. Statistical Description of a Plasma. 5. Hydrodynamic Description of a Plasma. 6. Magnetohydrodynamics. 7. Plasma Flows in a Strong Magnetic Field. 8. Waves and Discontinuous Flows in a MHD Medium. 9. Evolutionarity of MHD Discontinuities. 10. Plasma Equilibrium in a Magnetic Field. 11. Stationary Plasma Flows in a Magnetic Field. 12. Magnetic Reconnection in Current Sheets. 13. Evolutionarity of Current Sheets. 14. Tearing Instability of the Reconnecting Current Sheet. 15. Selected Trends in Cosmic Electrodynamics. 16. Reconnection of Electric Currents. Appendix 1. Notation. Appendix 2. Useful Expression. Appendix 3. Constants. Bibliography. Index.