Physics of the Plasma Universe

• Main Author: Peratt, Anthony L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Plasma Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Today many scientists recognize plasma as the key element to understanding new observations in near-Earth, interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic space; in stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, and throughout the observable universe. Physics of the Plasma Universe, 2nd Edition is an up...

Table of Contents:

• Cosmic Plasma Fundamentals
• Birkeland Currents in Cosmic Plasma
• Biot-Savart Law in Cosmic Plasma
• Electric Fields in Cosmic Plasma
• Double Layers in Astrophysics
• Synchrotron Radiation
• Transport of Cosmic Radiation
• Critical Ionization Effect in Interstellar Clouds
• Neutral Hydrogen Filaments and Dynamics of Galactic Bennet Pinches
• Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Cosmic Plasma
• Further Developments in Plasma Simulation
• Dynamics of Field--Aligned Currents in the Laboratory, Aurorae, and Galactic Space
• Plasma Astrophysics.