Reflection and transmission of magnetohydrodynamic waves. Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability theory: variational analysis, force-free magnetic fields, and normal mode analysis.
Kinetic plasma theory: phase space, the distribution function, the Vlasov equation, Liouvilles theorem, moment equations, the Boltzmann equation, the Fokker-Planck Equation, and stability theory.
Electrostatic structures: wall sheaths, double layers, and solitary waves.