Turbulence, Dynamos, Accretion Disks, Pulsars and Collective Plasma Processes First Kodai-Trieste Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics Held at the Kodaikanal Observatory Kodaikanal, India, August 27 – September 7, 2007 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hasan, S. S. (Editor), Gangadhara, R. T. (Editor), Krishan, V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Atoms.; Matter.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.

It is well established and appreciated by now that more than 99% of the baryonic matter in the universe is in the plasma state. Most astrophysical systems could be approximated as conducting fluids in a gravitational field. It is the combined effect of these two that gives rise to the mind boggling...