An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Marcel Goossens

ISBN 10: 1402014333 / ISBN 13: 9781402014338

Edité par Kluwer Academic Pub, 2003

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203pp. Ex. Academic Library. Library stamps etc. otherwise internally clean and free of highlighting etc. Covered in chipped library laminate.

N° de réf. du vendeur 942302

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1402014333
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402014338
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Fair

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Synopsis

Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in the plasma state. Plasmas are of major importance for space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics. On Earth they are essential for magnetic controlled thermonuclear fusion.

This textbook collects lecture notes from a one-semester course taught at the K.U. Leuven to advanced undergraduate students in applied mathematics and physics. A particular strength of this book is that it provides a low threshold introduction to plasmas with an emphasis on first principles and fundamental concepts and properties.

The discussion of plasma models is to a large extent limited to Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with its merits and limitations clearly explained. MHD provides the students on their first encounter with plasmas, with a powerful plasma model that they can link to familiar classic fluid dynamics. The solar wind is studied as an example of hydrodynamics and MHD at work in solar physics and astrophysics.