Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
From: sgeier@venus.astro.umd.edu (Sven Geier)
Organization: U. of Maryland @ College Park, Astronomy
Subject: Re: Intro textbook

In article <2vhjoq$9gc@mojo.eng.umd.edu> groover@netcom.com (Robert Groover) writes:
:        Wonderful to see this newsgroup appear!
:        Opening thread: what would people recommend for a strong
:    introductory text?  I liked Ichimaru a lot, but is that ancient
:    history by now?

Benz, "Plasma astrophysics" maybe? Quite astronomy centered and not the
wildest thing in radiation processes (but you can always fill that in
with the Rybicki/Leightman) but the MHD-part if definitely readable
*and* understandable.

Sven Geier, University of Maryland