Microphysics Of Cosmic Plasmas

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 : 48,5 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 : Anthony L. Peratt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461227809

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Physics of the Plasma Universe by Anthony L. Peratt Pdf

During the past decade our understanding of plasma physics has witnessed an explosive growth due to research in two areas: work directed toward controlled nuclear fusion and work in space physics. This book addresses the growing need to apply these complementary discoveries to astrophysics. Today plasma is recognized as the key element to understanding the generation of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, the accel- eration and transport of cosmic rays, and many other phenomena occurring in interstellar space, in radio galaxies, stellar atmospheres, quasars, and so forth.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Solar and Space Physics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309092159

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Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Solar and Space Physics Pdf

Solar and space physics is the study of solar system phenomena that occur in the plasma state. Examples include sunspots, the solar wind, planetary magnetospheres, radiation belts, and the aurora. While each is a distinct phenomenon, there are commonalities among them. To help define and systematize these universal aspects of the field of space physics, the National Research Council was asked by NASA's Office of Space Science to provide a scientific assessment and strategy for the study of magnetized plasmas in the solar system. This report presents that assessment. It covers a number of important research goals for solar and space physics. The report is complementary to the NRC report, The Sun to the Earthâ€"and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy for Solar and Space Physics, which presents priorities and strategies for future program activities.

Author : Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493935475

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Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas by Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra Pdf

This book offers eleven coordinated reviews on multi-scale structure formation in cosmic plasmas in the Universe. Observations and theories of plasma structures are presented in all relevant astrophysical contexts, from the Earth’s magnetosphere through heliospheric and galactic scales to clusters of galaxies and the large scale structure of the Universe. Basic processes in cosmic plasmas starting from electric currents and the helicity concept governing the dynamics of magnetic structures in planet magnetospheres, stellar winds, and relativistic plasma outflows like pulsar wind nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei jets are covered. The multi-wavelength view from the radio to gamma-rays with modern high resolution telescopes discussed in the book reveals a beautiful and highly informative picture of both coherent and chaotic plasma structures tightly connected by strong mutual influence. The authors are all leading scientists in their fields, making this book an authoritative, up‐to‐date and enduring contribution to astrophysics.

Author : S. Roy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401152303

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Statistical Geometry and Applications to Microphysics and Cosmology by S. Roy Pdf

Recent results from high-energy scattering and theoretical developments of string theory require a change in our understanding of the basic structure of space-time. This book is about the advancement of ideas on the stochastic nature of space-time from the 1930s onward. In particular, the author promotes the concept of space as a set of hazy lumps, first introduced by Karl Menger, and constructs a novel framework for statistical behaviour at the microlevel. The various chapters address topics such as space-time fluctuation and random potential, non-local fields, and the origin of stochasticity. Implications in astro-particle physics and cosmology are also explored. Audience: This volume will be of interest to physicists, chemists and mathematicians involved in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

Author : B.V. Somov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 904815538X

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Cosmic Plasma Physics by B.V. Somov Pdf

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.

Author : Athina Meli,Yosuke Mizuno,Jose L. Gómez
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039214655

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Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena by Athina Meli,Yosuke Mizuno,Jose L. Gómez Pdf

During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.

Author : Karl Schindler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : OCLC:397172290

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Cosmic Plasma Physics by Karl Schindler Pdf

Author : H. Alfven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1981-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400983751

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Cosmic Plasma by H. Alfven Pdf

Author : Gregory D. Fleishman,Igor N. Toptygin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461457824

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Cosmic Electrodynamics by Gregory D. Fleishman,Igor N. Toptygin Pdf

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.

Author : Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1493980742

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Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas by Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra Pdf

This book offers eleven coordinated reviews on multi-scale structure formation in cosmic plasmas in the Universe. Observations and theories of plasma structures are presented in all relevant astrophysical contexts, from the Earth’s magnetosphere through heliospheric and galactic scales to clusters of galaxies and the large scale structure of the Universe. Basic processes in cosmic plasmas starting from electric currents and the helicity concept governing the dynamics of magnetic structures in planet magnetospheres, stellar winds, and relativistic plasma outflows like pulsar wind nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei jets are covered. The multi-wavelength view from the radio to gamma-rays with modern high resolution telescopes discussed in the book reveals a beautiful and highly informative picture of both coherent and chaotic plasma structures tightly connected by strong mutual influence. The authors are all leading scientists in their fields, making this book an authoritative, up‐to‐date and enduring contribution to astrophysics.

Author : André Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Robert P. Lin,John Raymond,Manfred Scholer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461464544

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Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasmas by André Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Robert P. Lin,John Raymond,Manfred Scholer Pdf

The review articles collected in this volume present a critical assessment of particle acceleration mechanisms and observations from suprathermal particles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high-energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of energies over seventeen orders of magnitude, from 103 eV to 1020 eV. The main themes are observations of accelerated populations from the magnetosphere to extragalactic scales and assessments of the physical processes underlying particle acceleration in different environments (magnetospheres, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and relativistic outflows). Several contributions review the status of shock acceleration in different environments and also the role of turbulence in particle acceleration. Observational results are compared with modelling in different parameter regimes. The book concludes with contributions on the status of particle acceleration research and its future perspectives. This volume is aimed at graduate students and researchers active in astrophysics and space science. Previously published in Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 173 Nos. 1-4, 2012.

Author : Athina Meli,Jose L. Gómez,Yosuke Mizuno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 3039214667

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Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena by Athina Meli,Jose L. Gómez,Yosuke Mizuno Pdf

During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.

Author : Boris V. Somov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387484273

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Plasma Astrophysics, Part I by Boris V. Somov Pdf

This well-illustrated monograph is devoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The level of the book is designed mainly for professional researchers in astrophysics. The book will also be interesting and useful to graduate students in space sciences, geophysics, as well as to advanced students in applied physics and mathematics seeking a unified view of plasma physics and fluid mechanics.

Author : Philip Judge
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031462733

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The Problem of Coronal Heating by Philip Judge Pdf