Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lazarian, Alexander (Editor), de Gouveia Dal Pino, Elisabete M. (Editor), Melioli, Claudio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 407
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Plasma Physics.

This volume presents the current knowledge of magnetic fields in diffuse astrophysical media. Starting with an overview of 21st century instrumentation to observe astrophysical magnetic fields, the chapters cover observational techniques, origin of magnetic fields, magnetic turbulence, basic process...