Plasma Physics for Astrophysics (eBook)

Russell M. Kulsrud (Autor)

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2020
496 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21335-4 (ISBN)

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In this book, a distinguished expert introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. Plasmas are ionized gases that can be found in a hydrogen bomb explosion, the confinement chamber of an experimental fusion reactor, the solar corona, the aurora borealis, the interstellar medium, and the immediate vicinity of a gravitational black hole. Not surprisingly, plasma physics appears to consist of numerous topics arising independently from astrophysics, fusion physics, and other practical applications, and hence it remains a field poorly understood even by many astrophysicists. But, in fact, most of these topics can be approached from the same perspective, with a simple, physical intuition. Selecting simple examples and presenting them in a simultaneously intuitive and rigorous manner, Russell Kulsrud guides readers through a careful derivation of the results and allows them to think through the physics for themselves. Thus, they are better prepared for complex cases and more general results. The first eleven chapters present topics by their importance to plasma physics while the last three chapters emphasize the field's astrophysical applications, applying the results accrued earlier. Throughout, many problems illustrate the field's applications. Based on a course the author taught for many years, Plasma Physics for Astrophysics is intended for graduate students as well as for working astrophysicists.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.5.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 140 line illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • accretion disk • Action (physics) • Alfven time • Amplitude • Archimedean spiral • Astronomy • astrophysical plasma • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Bessel function • Boltzmann equation • Boltzmann's entropy formula • Braginski equations • Charged particle • Charge neutrality • chromosphere • circular polarization • classical electromagnetism • Collision theory • compression • Contour Integration • convection • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Cosmic Ray • Critical drift velocity • Cross section (physics) • Cyclotron resonance • Dalembertian solution • Debye length • Degree of ionization • Downstream region • Dynamo Theory • Earth’s magnetic field • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • Electromagnetic field • Electromagnetic radiation • electromagnetism • electron • Electron Scattering • electron temperature • Electronvolt • Elliptic orbit • Energy–momentum relation • Entropy • Faraday effect • Faraday rotation • Fermi Acceleration • Flux freezing • Galactic plane • Galaxy rotation curve • Gamma ray • gamma-ray burst • gravitational acceleration • Gravitational collapse • Gravitational Energy • gravitational potential • Guide field • Harmonic oscillator • Helicity spectrum • Impact parameter • Inner moon • instability • Interstellar cloud • Interstellar Medium • Ion acoustic mode • Ion acoustic wave • Ionization • Ionosphere • Jump Conditions • kinetic theory of gases • Laplace transform • Lorentz Force • magnetic dipole • Magnetic Energy • magnetic mirror • Magnetic moment • Magnetic pressure • magnetic reconnection • Magnetic tension • magnetization • Magnetohydrodynamics • Magnetopause • Magnetorotational instability • Magnetosonic wave • Magnetosphere • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Maxwell distribution • Molecular cloud • neutron star • nuclear physics • Nucleon • Ohm’s law • Orbit • Orbit equation • Parallel viscosity • particle beam • Particle physics • Phase space • Phase velocity • Photon • physicist • Physics of Fluids • Physics of Plasmas • Pitch angle (particle motion) • Plasma oscillation • Plasma (physics) • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Quasi neutrality • Radiation pressure • Radioactive decay • Relativistic particle • Scalar (physics) • Shearing (physics) • shocks • Solar flare • Solar Luminosity • Solar mass • solar rotation • Supernova • Supernova Remnant • Synchrotron radiation • Test particle • theoretical physics • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Topology • Wave Packet
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21335-6 / 0691213356
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21335-4 / 9780691213354