Buch, Englisch, 652 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1007 g
Buch, Englisch, 652 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1007 g
Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
ISBN: 978-90-481-5538-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This unusual book considers physical principles, starting from the most general ones, and simplifies assumptions, helping students answer two key questions: what approximation is the simplest, but still sufficient for the description of a phenomenon in cosmic plasmas, and how to build an adequate model.
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1 Particles and Fields: Exact Self-Consistent Description.- 2 A Statistical Description of Cosmic Plasma.- 3 Propagation of Accelerated Particles in Cosmic Plasma.- 4 The Motion of a Particle in Given Fields.- 5 Wave-Particle Interactions in Cosmic Plasma.- 6 Coulomb Collisions of Particles in Cosmic Plasma.- 7 A Hydrodynamic Description of Cosmic Plasma.- 8 Magnetohydrodynamics of Cosmic Plasma.- 9 Cosmic Plasma Flows in a Strong Magnetic Field.- 10 MHD Waves in Cosmic Plasma.- 11 Discontinuous Flows in a MHD Medium.- 12 Evolutionarity of MHD Discontinuities.- 13 Particle Acceleration by Shock Waves.- 14 Cosmic Plasma Equilibrium in Magnetic Field.- 15 Stationary Flows in a Magnetic Field.- 16 Magnetic Reconnection in Current Sheets.- 17 Stationary Models of Reconnecting Current Sheets.- 18 Particle Acceleration in Current Sheets.- 19 Structural Instability of Reconnecting Current Sheets.- 20 The Tearing Instability of a Reconnecting Current Sheet.- 21 Selected Trends in Cosmic Plasma Physics.- 22 Magnetic Reconnection of Electric Currents.- Epilogue.- Appendix 1. Notation.- Appendix 2. Useful Expressions.- Appendix 3. Constants.
