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Further Reading and References

Magnetohydrodynamics

  • Cowling, T.G.: 1976, Magnetohydrodynamics, 2nd edition, A. Hilger, Bristol, England.

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  • Priest, E.R.: 1982, Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland.

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MHD equilibrium and instability

  • Bateman, G.: 1978, MHD Instability, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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  • Manheimer, W.M. and Lashmore-Davies, C.: 1984, MHD Instabilities in Simple Plasma Configuration, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.

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  • Van Hoven, G.: 1981, ‘Simple-Loop Flares: Magnetic Instabilities’, in Solar Flare MHD (ed. E.R. Priest), Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York.

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Thermal conductivity

  • Spitzer, L.: 1962, Physics of Fully Ionized Gases, Interscience, New York.

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(2002). Magnetohydrodynamics. In: Plasma Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 279. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47719-X_3

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