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  • Formāts: Hardback, 279 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 606 g, 37 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 279 p. 37 illus., 1 Hardback
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  • Izdošanas datums: 04-Dec-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Springer Verlag
  • ISBN-10: 8847052793
  • ISBN-13: 9788847052796
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 279 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 606 g, 37 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 279 p. 37 illus., 1 Hardback
  • Sērija : UNITEXT for Physics
  • Izdošanas datums: 04-Dec-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Springer Verlag
  • ISBN-10: 8847052793
  • ISBN-13: 9788847052796
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This book is an introduction to contemporary plasma physics that discusses the most relevant recent advances in the field and covers a careful choice of applications to various branches of astrophysics and space science. The purpose of the book is to allow the student to master the basic concepts of plasma physics and to bring him or her up to date in a number of relevant areas of current research. Topics covered include orbit theory, kinetic theory, fluid models, magnetohydrodynamics, MHD turbulence, instabilities, discontinuities, and magnetic reconnection. Some prior knowledge of classical physics is required, in particular fluid mechanics, statistical physics, and electrodynamics. The mathematical developments are self-contained and explicitly detailed in the text. A number of exercises are provided at the end of each chapter, together with suggestions and solutions.



Here is an introduction to contemporary plasma physics that discusses recent advances in the field and covers a careful choice of applications to various branches of astrophysics and space science. Includes chapter end exercises, suggestions and solutions.

Recenzijas

A well-presented and well-written book that aims not only to take the reader through the basics of the plasma physics needed to understand astrophysical plasmas but also to give them a taste of some of the topics of current research. It is suitable for both advanced undergraduates as well as introductory post-graduate courses. can be strongly recommended to students of physics and astrophysics who want to find out about the plasma processes in stars and planetary magnetospheres . (Terry Robinson, The Observatory, April, 2016)

The aim of the authors is to bring the reader from the very basic concepts of plasma physics up to some of the more active research fields. contains a small number of problems that should help the student to verify the degree of understanding acquired. Solutions are given for all problems. The book is intended for students with a reasonably good background in mathematics and physics at the undergraduate level, who want to orient their future activity in astrophysics. (Claudia-Veronika Meister, zbMATH 1311.82001, 2015)

1 An Introduction to Plasma Physics
1(16)
1.1 Sana's Equation
4(1)
1.2 The Debye Length
5(4)
1.3 Fundamental Plasma Parameters
9(5)
1.4 The Classical Description of Plasmas
14(3)
2 Particle Orbit Theory
17(20)
2.1 Motion in a Uniform, Static Magnetic Field
17(2)
2.2 Motion in Orthogonal Electric and Magnetic Fields
19(5)
2.3 Motion in Slowly Variable Magnetic Fields
24(13)
2.3.1 Charged Particle Orbits in the Presence of a Magnetic Fields with a Weak Gradient
24(2)
2.3.2 Magnetic Moment Conservation
26(3)
2.3.3 Magnetic Mirrors and Magnetic Bottles
29(8)
3 Kinetic Theory of Plasmas: An Outline
37(12)
3.1 The Distribution Function
37(4)
3.2 The Moments of the Distribution Function
41(3)
3.3 Vlasov Equation and Jeans' Theorem
44(5)
4 Fluid Models
49(22)
4.1 The Case of Neutral Gases
49(7)
4.2 The Plasma Case: Two-Fluid Models
56(3)
4.3 The One-Fluid Model
59(12)
5 Magnetohydrodynamics
71(28)
5.1 MHD Equations
71(9)
5.1.1 Magnetic Pressure
77(1)
5.1.2 The Conservative Form of MHD Equations
78(2)
5.2 The Time Evolution of Magnetic Fields
80(6)
5.2.1 Rm << 1: Magnetic Diffusion
81(1)
5.2.2 Rm >> 1: Alfven's Theorem
82(4)
5.3 Equilibrium States of Ideal Plasmas
86(8)
5.3.1 Force-Free Equilibria
87(4)
5.3.2 Equilibria in the Presence of Magnetic Forces
91(3)
5.4 Perturbed Equilibrium States
94(5)
6 Instabilities
99(50)
6.1 Linear Stability of Ideal MHD Equilibria
100(4)
6.2 Instabilities in the Presence of Gravity
104(26)
6.2.1 Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
106(3)
6.2.2 Kruskal-Shafranov Instability: B0 ≠ 0
109(2)
6.2.3 Parker Instability
111(11)
6.2.4 Instabilities in the Presence of Plasma Flows: Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
122(8)
6.3 Instabilities in Cylindrical Geometry
130(19)
6.3.1 Instability of a Plasma Column
130(8)
6.3.2 The Confinement of Solar Coronal Loops
138(5)
6.3.3 The Magnetorotational Instability (MRI)
143(6)
7 Waves
149(32)
7.1 The Fourier Representation
150(5)
7.1.1 Phase Velocity and Group Velocity
154(1)
7.2 Waves in the Ideal MHD Regime
155(6)
7.2.1 Magnetic Waves
156(2)
7.2.2 Magnetosonic Waves
158(3)
7.3 Fluid Waves Beyond the MHD Regime
161(6)
7.3.1 Intermediate Frequencies: ω ωce
161(6)
7.4 Waves in Kinetic Regimes: The Case of Landau Damping
167(14)
8 Shocks
181(22)
8.1 The Jump Conditions
184(5)
8.1.1 Contact Discontinuities
186(1)
8.1.2 Rotational Discontinuities
187(2)
8.2 MHD Shocks
189(9)
8.2.1 Perpendicular Shocks
189(3)
8.2.2 Parallel Shocks
192(1)
8.2.3 Oblique Shocks
193(5)
8.3 Shock Thickness
198(2)
8.4 Collisionless Shocks
200(3)
9 Magnetic Reconnection
203(26)
9.1 Driven Reconnection
209(7)
9.1.1 The Sweet-Parker Model
210(4)
9.1.2 An Outline of the Petscheck Model
214(2)
9.2 Spontaneous Reconnection
216(13)
9.2.1 Tearing Mode Instability
217(7)
9.2.2 The Plasmoid Instability of Thin Current Sheets
224(5)
10 MHD Turbulence
229(18)
10.1 Homogeneous and Isotropic Hydrodynamical Turbulence
231(4)
10.2 Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
235(4)
10.3 Turbulence and Coronal Heating
239(8)
11 Build-Up of Magnetic Fields
247(28)
11.1 The Dynamo Problem
247(2)
11.2 The Anti-Dynamo Theorems
249(3)
11.3 Phenomenological Theory of Astrophysical Dynamos
252(6)
11.3.1 The Generation of Toroidal Fields from Poloidal Ones
253(2)
11.3.2 The Generation of Poloidal Fields from Toroidal Ones
255(3)
11.4 Mean-field Electrodynamics
258(13)
11.4.1 Simple Solutions of the Dynamo Equations
263(8)
11.5 The Creation of Magnetic Fields
271(4)
References 275(2)
Index 277
Claudio Chiuderi is full professor of Physics at University of Firenze (Italy). Marco Velli is associate professor of Physics at University of Firenze (Italy).