Astrophysical And Laboratory Plasmas

Author : A.J. Willis,T.W. Hartquist
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401708036

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Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas by A.J. Willis,T.W. Hartquist Pdf

Throughout his career Sir Robert Wilson has demonstrated that advances in a wide variety of fields in astrophysics and laboratory physics are achievable through the application of fundamental plasma spectroscopy. His work has included: optical studies that probed the nature of interstellar dust and first revealed the existence of O star winds; vacuum ultraviolet and X-ray diagnosis of fusion plasmas; rocket ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Sun; and the conception, development and use of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite which has contributed greatly to stellar, interstellar and extragalactic astrophysics. This volume contains reviews honouring Sir Robert and reflecting his interests.

Author : Peter Andrew Sturrock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521448107

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Plasma Physics by Peter Andrew Sturrock Pdf

Plasma Physics presents an authoritative and wide-ranging pedagogic study of the 'fourth' state of matter. The constituents of the plasma state are influenced by electric and magnetic fields, and in turn also produce electric and magnetic fields. This fact leads to a rich array of properties of the plasma state. A basic knowledge of mathematics and physics is preferable to appreciate fully this text. The author uses examples throughout, many taken from astrophysical phenomena, to explain concepts. In addition, problem sets at the end of each chapter will serve to reinforce key points.

Author : Hans Goedbloed,Rony Keppens,Stefaan Poedts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 995 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108577588

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Magnetohydrodynamics of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas by Hans Goedbloed,Rony Keppens,Stefaan Poedts Pdf

With ninety per cent of visible matter in the universe existing in the plasma state, an understanding of magnetohydrodynamics is essential for anyone looking to understand solar and astrophysical processes, from stars to accretion discs and galaxies; as well as laboratory applications focused on harnessing controlled fusion energy. This introduction to magnetohydrodynamics brings together the theory of plasma behavior with advanced topics including the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma- astrophysics. Topics covered include streaming and toroidal plasmas, nonlinear dynamics, modern computational techniques, incompressible plasma turbulence and extreme transonic and relativistic plasma flows. The numerical techniques needed to apply magnetohydrodynamics are explained, allowing the reader to move from theory to application and exploit the latest algorithmic advances. Bringing together two previous volumes: Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics and Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics, and completely updated with new examples, insights and applications, this volume constitutes a comprehensive reference for students and researchers interested in plasma physics, astrophysics and thermonuclear fusion.

Author : Giuseppe Bertin,Daniela Farina,Roberto Pozzoli
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015058831077

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Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe by Giuseppe Bertin,Daniela Farina,Roberto Pozzoli Pdf

The volume illustrates the State of the art and new directions in plasma physics, space physics, and astrophysics. It covers several hot topics of interdisciplinary interest where progress is made by the use of joint expertise. It summarizes an unusually lively symposium that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests. Interdisciplinary meetings at the border between plasma physics and astrophysics are becoming increasingly important. In the recent past, several proceedings volumes have been devoted to astrophysical plasmas. This volume has the unique feature of being professional but not specialized, because it covers an unusually broad spectrum of topics under the common theme of the study of complex and collective phenomena in macroscopic systems, from the scale of laboratory plasma experiments to the scale of the universe. Included are: - basic plasma processes - space plasmas, planetary plasmas, and the heliosphere - solar and stellar plasmas - plasmas around compact objects - plasmas in galaxies - plasmas in clusters of galaxies - cosmological plasmas - testing plasma astrophysics in the laboratory

Author : V.V. Zheleznyakov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400902015

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Radiation in Astrophysical Plasmas by V.V. Zheleznyakov Pdf

Interest in the problem of interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas arose decades ago. Initially, this was closely related to the discovery of radio emission from the Sun and Galaxy which alerted theoretical radio astronomers to the problem of the origin of extra-terrestrial radio emission. It has been found that the observed radio emission from cosmic sources is generated by virtue of the mechanisms which work mainly in plasma (an ionized gas). Recently, the theory of generation and propagation of radiation in astrophysical plasmas has outgrown its parent domain of theoretical radio astronomy and is being successfully applied to other fields, such as high-energy astrophysics. General results obtained in this field may also help to better understand the complicated phenomena in laboratory plasmas on the Earth. At the same time, analysis of interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas under extreme conditions (strong magnetic fields of white dwarfs and neutron stars or strong gravitational fields in the vicinity of black holes) stimulates the development of plasma physics as a whole. In fact, the physics of plasma under extreme conditions in space is a new branch of fundamental science. The monograph contains the description of physical processes involved in interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas. It comprises the reasonable minimum necessary for understanding the emission and propagation of electromagnetic waves in astrophysical plasmas; without this minimum one could not succeed in interpreting the results of a number of astronomical observations. Audience: This monograph will be useful for graduate and post-graduate students and young scientists as a textbook on plasma astrophysics and the issues of plasma physics dealing with radiation. At the same time, the book can be used by specialists on astrophysics, radio astronomy and plasma physics.

Author : Donald A. Gurnett,Amitava Bhattacharjee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107027374

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Introduction to Plasma Physics by Donald A. Gurnett,Amitava Bhattacharjee Pdf

Introducing the principles and applications of plasma physics, this new edition is ideal as an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level text.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Plasma spectroscopy
ISBN : UOM:39015042056336

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Ultraviolet and X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexander Piel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : 3319634267

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Plasma Physics by Alexander Piel Pdf

Author : Raúl Sánchez,David Newman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789402412291

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A Primer on Complex Systems by Raúl Sánchez,David Newman Pdf

The purpose of this book is to illustrate the fundamental concepts of complexity and complex behavior and the best methods to characterize this behavior by means of their applications to some current research topics from within the fields of fusion, earth and solar plasmas. In this sense, it is a departure from the many books already available that discuss general features of complexity. The book is divided in two parts. In the first part the most important properties and features of complex systems are introduced, discussed and illustrated. The second part discusses several instances of possible complex phenomena in magnetized plasmas and some of the analysis tools that were introduced in the first part are used to characterize the dynamics in these systems. A list of problems is proposed at the end of each chapter. This book is intended for graduate and post-graduate students with a solid college background in mathematics and classical physics, who intend to work in the field of plasma physics and, in particular, plasma turbulence. It will also be of interest to senior scientists who have so far approached these systems and problems from a different perspective and want a new fresh angle.

Author : Patrick H. Diamond,Xavier Garbet,Philippe Ghendrih
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814291545

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Relaxation Dynamics in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas by Patrick H. Diamond,Xavier Garbet,Philippe Ghendrih Pdf

This invaluable book provides a unique opportunity to embrace the complex and fascinating theory of relaxation processes in magnetized plasmas, both in astrophysics and in controlled fusion plasmas. The subjects range from dynamo and reconnection processes in magneto-hydrodynamics and electromagnetic turbulence to fast transport events in self-organized turbulence. Such phenomena, recognized as key bolts in our present understanding, turn out to be extremely challenging for theoretical models. This book efficiently helps to bridge our understanding and description of such processes, analogously observed in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas.

Author : Oks Eugene
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814699099

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Diagnostics Of Laboratory And Astrophysical Plasmas Using Spectral Lineshapes Of One-, Two-, And Three-electron Systems by Oks Eugene Pdf

The book presents an advanced tool for experimentalists using spectral lineshapes for diagnostics of laboratory or astrophysical plasmas, and for theorists helping the experimentalists in interpreting the experimental line profiles. It significantly expands the scope of parameters of plasmas and/or fields in it that can be measured. For some parameters, the book presents new, more advanced diagnostic methods than the methods covered in the previous books.

Author : André Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Peter Cargill,Richard Dendy,Thierry Dudok de Wit,John Raymond
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489974136

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Microphysics of Cosmic Plasmas by André Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Peter Cargill,Richard Dendy,Thierry Dudok de Wit,John Raymond Pdf

Presents a comprehensive review of physical processes in astrophysical plasmas. This title presents a review of the detailed aspects of the physical processes that underlie the observed properties, structures and dynamics of cosmic plasmas. An assessment of the status of understanding of microscale processes in all astrophysical collisionless plasmas is provided. The topics discussed include turbulence in astrophysical and solar system plasmas as a phenomenological description of their dynamic properties on all scales; observational, theoretical and modelling aspects of collisionless magnetic reconnection; the formation and dynamics of shock waves; and a review and assessment of microprocesses, such as the hierarchy of plasma instabilities, non-local and non-diffusive transport processes and ionisation and radiation processes. In addition, some of the lessons that have been learned from the extensive existing knowledge of laboratory plasmas as applied to astrophysical problems are also covered. This volume is aimed at graduate students and researchers active in the areas of cosmic plasmas and space science. Originally published in Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 278/2-4, 2013.

Author : J. P. Goedbloed,Rony Keppens,Stefaan Poedts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139487283

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Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics by J. P. Goedbloed,Rony Keppens,Stefaan Poedts Pdf

Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied to streaming plasmas (the vast majority of visible matter in the Universe), toroidal plasmas (the most promising approach to fusion energy), and nonlinear dynamics (where it all comes together with modern computational techniques and extreme transonic and relativistic plasma flows). The textbook interweaves theory and explicit calculations of waves and instabilities of streaming plasmas in complex magnetic geometries. It is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

Author : J. P. Goedbloed,Stefaan Poedts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521626072

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Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics by J. P. Goedbloed,Stefaan Poedts Pdf

This textbook provides a modern and accessible introduction to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It describes the two main applications of plasma physics, laboratory research on thermo-nuclear fusion energy and plasma astrophysics of the solar system, stars and accretion disks, from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach provides effective methods and insights for the interpretation of plasma phenomena on virtually all scales, from the laboratory to the universe. It equips the reader with the necessary tools to understand the complexities of plasma dynamics in extended magnetic structures. The classical MHD model is developed in detail without omitting steps in the derivations and problems are included at the end of each chapter. This text is ideal for senior-level undergraduate and graduate courses in plasma physics and astrophysics.

Author : Russell M. Kulsrud
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691213354

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Plasma Physics for Astrophysics by Russell M. Kulsrud Pdf

In this book, a distinguished expert introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. Plasmas are ionized gases that can be found in a hydrogen bomb explosion, the confinement chamber of an experimental fusion reactor, the solar corona, the aurora borealis, the interstellar medium, and the immediate vicinity of a gravitational black hole. Not surprisingly, plasma physics appears to consist of numerous topics arising independently from astrophysics, fusion physics, and other practical applications, and hence it remains a field poorly understood even by many astrophysicists. But, in fact, most of these topics can be approached from the same perspective, with a simple, physical intuition. Selecting simple examples and presenting them in a simultaneously intuitive and rigorous manner, Russell Kulsrud guides readers through a careful derivation of the results and allows them to think through the physics for themselves. Thus, they are better prepared for complex cases and more general results. The first eleven chapters present topics by their importance to plasma physics while the last three chapters emphasize the field's astrophysical applications, applying the results accrued earlier. Throughout, many problems illustrate the field's applications. Based on a course the author taught for many years, Plasma Physics for Astrophysics is intended for graduate students as well as for working astrophysicists.