Basics of Plasma Astrophysics

• Main Authors: Chiuderi, Claudio (Author), Velli, Marco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Plasma Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

This book is an introduction to contemporary plasma physics that discusses the most relevant recent advances in the field and covers a careful choice of applications to various branches of astrophysics and space science. The purpose of the book is to allow the student to master the basic concepts of...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Orbit theory
• Kinetic theory of plasmas
• Fluid models of plasmas
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Instabilities
• Waves
• Discontinuities
• Magnetic reconnection
• MHD turbulence.