Plasma Astrophysics, Part II

Reconnection and Flares

Boris V. Somov (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

506 Seiten

2014 | 2nd ed. 2013
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-8789-1 (ISBN)

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This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This second part discusses the physics of magnetic reconnection and flares of electromagnetic origin in space plasmas in the solar system, single and double stars, relativistic objects, accretion disks and their coronae. More than 25% of the text is updated from the first edition, included the additions of new figures, equations and entire sections on topics such as topological triggers for solar flares and the magnetospheric physics problem.

This book is aimed at professional researchers in astrophysics, but it will also be useful to graduate students in space sciences, geophysics, applied physics and mathematics, especially those seeking a unified view of plasma physics and fluid mechanics.

Boris Somov is a professor at the Moscow State University, laureate of the State Prize of the former USSR (the Honor Prize of the USSR Government), and laureate of the IBC Award, “2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century,” in honor of his contribution to space physics and astrophysics. Five well-known monographs, “Physical Processes in Solar Flares,” “Fundamentals of Cosmic Electrodynamics,” “Cosmic Plasma Physics” and “Plasma Astrophysics, Parts I&II (First Edition)” by Boris Somov were published by Kluwer Academic Publishers and Springer in 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2006, respectively. He has contributed more than 280 articles to the scientific literature in solar physics and plasma astrophysics.

From the Contents: Magnetic Reconnection.- Reconnection in a Strong Magnetic Field.- Evidence of Reconnection in Solar Flares.- Reconnection in Action.- The Bastille Day 2000 Solar Flare.- Electric Currents Related to Reconnection.- Models of Reconnecting Current Layers.- Collapsing Magnetic Traps in Solar Flares.- Solar-type Flares in Laboratory and Space.- Particle Acceleration in Current Layers.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.9.2014
Reihe/Serie	Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 392
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 506 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte	accretion disks • magnetic reconnection • Modern Plasma Astrophysics • plasma astrophysics principles • plasma astrophysics tools • plasma physics basics • plasma physics for geophysicists • plasma physics for space scientists • Relativistic Objects • space plasmas
ISBN-10	1-4899-8789-4 / 1489987894
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-8789-1 / 9781489987891
Zustand	Neuware