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General

Elementary

Chen, F. F. Introduction to Plasma Physics. 2nd ed. Plenum Press, 1984.

Shohet, J. L. The Plasma State. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1971. ISBN: 0126405506.

Tanenbaum, B. S. Plasma Physics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1967. ASIN: B0006BR7AO.

Intermediate

Boyd, T. J. M., and J. J. Sanderson. Plasma Physics. Barnes and Noble, 1969.

Clemmow, P. C., and J. P. Dougherty. Electrodynamics of Particles and Plasmas. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1969. ISBN: 0201515008.

Goldston, R. J., and P. H. Rutherford. Introduction to Plasma Physics. IOP Publ, 1995. ISBN: 075030183X.

Hazeltine, R. D., and F. L. Waelbroeck. The Framework of Plasma Physics. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. ISBN: 0738200476.

Dendy, R., ed. Plasma Physics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN: 0521433096.

Spitzer, Jr., L. Physics of Fully Ionized Gases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Interscience-John Wiley, 1962. ISBN: 0470817232.

Schmidt, G. Physics of high temperature Plasmas. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 0126266603.

Advanced

Ichimaru, S. Principles of Plasma Physics-a Statistical Approach. W.H. Benjamin, 1973. ISBN: 0805387536.

Krall, N. A., and A. W. Trivelpiece. Principles of Plasma Physics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973. Reissued by San Francisco Press, 1986. ISBN: 0911302581.

Plasma Waves

Stix, T. H. Waves in Plasmas. American Institute of Physics, 1992. ISBN: 0883188597.

Plasma Diagnostics

Huddlestone, R. H., and S. L. Leonard. Plasma Diagnostic Techniques. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1965.

Hutchinson, I. H. Principles of Plasma Diagnostics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1987. ISBN: 0521326222.

Magnetic Confinement Fusion

Rose, D. J., M. Clark, Jr., and John Wiley. Plasmas and Controlled Fusion. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1961. ISBN: 0262180065.

Miyamoto, K. Plasma Physics for Nuclear Fusion. Revised ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989. ISBN: 0262631172.

Wesson, J. Tokamaks. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0198563280.

Plasma Astrophysics

Shibata, K., and T. Tajima. Plasma Astrophysics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN: 020140642X.