Turbulence in the Solar Wind

This book provides an overview of solar wind turbulence from both the theoretical and observational perspective. It argues that the interplanetary medium offers the best opportunity to directly study turbulent fluctuations in collisionless plasmas. In fact, during expansion, the solar wind evolves t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bruno, Roberto (Autor), Carbone, Vincenzo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Lecture Notes in Physics, 928
Temas:
Solar system.
Geophysics.
Plasma (Ionized gases).
Continuum mechanics.
Astronomy-Observations.
Space Physics.
Plasma Physics.
Continuum Mechanics.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Equations and Phenomenology
  • Early Observations of MHD Turbulence
  • Early Observations of MHD Turbulence
  • Turbulence studied via Elsässer variables
  • Compressive Turbulence
  • A NaturalWind Tunnel
  • SolarWind Heating by the Turbulent Energy Cascade
  • Conclusions and Remarks.

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