References for PHYS:7729 Plasma Physics II

Plasma Physics References

• NRL Plasma Formulary , 2018 ed., Naval Research Laboratory.
  An incredibly handy booklet of formulas, including vector identities, integral theorems, and curvilinear coordinates.

Plasma Physics Textbooks

• F. Chen, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2nd edition, 1983.
• T.J.M. Boyd and J.J. Sanderson, The Physics of Plasmas, 2003.
• D. Gurnett and A. Bhattacharjee, Introduction to Plasma Physics with Space and Laboratory Applications, 2005.
• R.D. Hazeltine and F.L. Waelbroeck, The Framework of Plasma Physics, 1998.
• N.A. Krall and A.W. Trivelpiece, Principles of Plasma Physics, 1986.
• D.R. Nicholson, Introduction to Plasma Theory, 1983.

Mathematics Textbooks

• R. V. Churchill and J. W. Brown, Complex Variables and Applications, 5th ed., 1990.
• C. M. Bender and S. A. Orszag, Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, 1978.

Numerical Methods References

• W.H. Press, S.A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, and B.P. Flannery, Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  This is the bible of numerical methods, a true must-have for any serious scientist. The website http://www.numerical.recipes has links to the old second version which may be freely available online.
• A. Iserles, A First Course in the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  A more mathematically formal treatment of numerical analysis.