Cosmic electrodynamics : electrodynamics and magnetic hydrodynamics of cosmic plasmas
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Bibliographic Information
Cosmic electrodynamics : electrodynamics and magnetic hydrodynamics of cosmic plasmas
（Astrophysics and space science library, 388）
Springer, c2013
Available at 10 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents the fundamental concepts of the theory, illustrated by numerous examples of astrophysical applications. Classical concepts are combined with new developments and the authors demarcate what is well established and what is still under debate. To book illustrates how apparently complicated phenomena can be addressed and understood using well-known physical principles and equations within appropriate approximations and simplifications. For this purpose, a number of astrophysical examples are considered in greater detail than what is normally presented in a regular textbook. In particular, a number of nonlinear self-consistent models are considered, which is motivated by the latest observational data and modern theory.
Table of Contents
Magnetohydrodynamics of the Cosmic Plasma.- Non-Linear MHD Waves and Discontinuities.- Instability of MHD motion and MHD turbulence.- Generation of magnetic field.- Plasma Dispersion.- Linear modes in the plasma.- Weak Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection.- Wave-Particle Interactions.- Particle Transport.- Particle Acceleration.- Generation of linear modes by given electric current.- Microscopic Emission Processes in the Plasma.- Transport of Radiation.- Self-consistent models of astrophysical objects.
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