A First Course in Magnetohydrodynamics

David Clarke, a recently retired professor at Saint Mary's University, has taught undergraduate physics courses for thirty years. As co-developer of the original ZEUS MHD code and primary developer of ZEUS-3D (which he uses for his research in astrophysical jets), he's made ZEUS-3D available open-source to hundreds of investigators worldwide.

• Preface; Introduction; Part I. 1-D MHD in Ten Weeks: 1. The Fundamentals of Hydrodynamics; 2. Selected Applications of Hydrodynamics; 3. The Hydrodynamical Riemann Problem; 4. The Fundamentals of Magnetohydrodynamics; 5. MHD Waves and Discontinuities; 6. The MHD Riemann Problem; Part II. Additional Topics in (M)HD: 7. Fluid Instabilities; 8. Viscid Hydrodynamics; 9. Steady-State MHD; 10. Non-Ideal MHD; Appendices: A. Essentials of Vector Calculus; B. Essentials of Electrodynamics; C. The 'Conics' of PDEs; D. The Secant Method; E. Roots of a Cubic; F. Sixth-Order Runge-Kutta; G. Coriolis' Theorem; H. The Diffusion Equation; Variable Glossary; References; Index.

'A solid introduction to astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics from one of the pioneers in the field, covering both the physics and the mathematics necessary for mastery of the subject. It is the sort of book I wish was available when I was a student.' James Stone, Princeton University