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Plasma physics for astrophysics
Designed to teach plasma physics and astrophysics 'from the ground up', this textbook proceeds from the simplest examples through a careful derivation of results and encourages the reader to think for themselves.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c2005.
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| Series: | Princeton series in astrophysics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / John N. Bahcall
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Particle motions
- Ch. 3. Magnetohydrodynamics
- Ch. 4. Conservation relations
- Ch. 5. MHD waves
- Ch. 6. Nonlinear steepening and shocks
- Ch. 7. The energy principle and instabilities
- Ch. 8. Collisions and the Braginski equations
- Ch. 9. Collisionless plasmas
- Ch. 10. Collisionless plasmas : thermal effects
- Ch. 11. Nonlinear phenomena
- Ch. 12. Cosmic rays
- Ch. 13. Astrophysical dynamos
- Ch. 14. Magnetic reconnection.