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Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas - David Burgess, Manfred Scholer

Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas

Structure and Accelerated Particles
Buch | Hardcover
365 Seiten
2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-51459-0 (ISBN)
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This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas reviews the complex physics governing different types of shocks and the resulting processes of particle acceleration. This up-to-date text is ideal for graduate students and researchers in heliospheric physics learning about shock physics for the first time.
Shock waves are an important feature of solar system plasmas, from the solar corona out to the edge of the heliosphere. This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas presents a comprehensive review of the physics governing different types of shocks and processes of particle acceleration, from fundamental principles to current research. Motivated by observations of planetary bow shocks, interplanetary shocks and the solar wind termination shock, it emphasises the physical theory underlying these shock waves. Readers will develop an understanding of the complex interplay between particle dynamics and the electric and magnetic fields that explains the observations of in situ spacecraft. Written by renowned experts in the field, this up-to-date text is the ideal companion for both graduate students new to heliospheric physics and researchers in astrophysics who wish to apply the lessons of solar system shocks to different astrophysical environments.

David Burgess is Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London. He has extensive experience in the simulation and theory of space plasma shocks and turbulence, and has been involved in several international space missions including AMPTE, Ulysses and Cluster. He is currently on instrument science teams for the Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus missions. Manfred Scholer is Professor of Geophysics at Munich University and a former group leader of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. He has completed extensive research in solar, heliospheric and magnetospheric physics by means of theory, data analysis and numerical simulations. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and Co-Investigator on several spacecraft, including SOHO and Cluster.

Preface; 1. Shocks; 2. Basic concepts; 3. The quasi-perpendicular shock: macrostructure; 4. The quasi-perpendicular shock: microstructure; 5. The quasi-parallel shock; 6. Diffusive shock acceleration; 7. Coherent shock acceleration; 8. Electron acceleration; 9. Global and modified shocks; Appendix. Simulation techniques; Further reading; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.7.2015
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Zusatzinfo 173 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 179 x 253 mm
Gewicht 860 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Plasmaphysik
ISBN-10 0-521-51459-2 / 0521514592
ISBN-13 978-0-521-51459-0 / 9780521514590
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