Microphysics of Cosmic Plasmas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balogh, André (Editor), Bykov, Andrei (Editor), Cargill, Peter (Editor), Dendy, Richard (Editor), Dudok de Wit, Thierry (Editor), Raymond, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 47
• Subjects: Physics.; Space sciences.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Plasma Physics.

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 dis...