AN INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS

Goossens, Marcel

ISBN 10: 1402014295 / ISBN 13: 9781402014291

Edité par Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003

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".provides a low threshold introduction to plasmas with an emphasis on first principles and fundamental concepts and properties." Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 294. Octavo: 203 p. with several textual figures. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. Very light bumping to the corners and tips; else a crisp and clean copy. Near fine.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: AN INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1402014295
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402014291
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near fine
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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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.