Physics of the Plasma Universe
Título:
Physics of the Plasma Universe
ISBN:
9781461227809
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Edición:
1st ed. 1992.
PRODUCTION_INFO:
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Descripción física:
XII, 372 p. online resource.
Contenido:
1. Cosmic Plasma Fundamentals -- 1.1 Plasma -- 1.2 The Physical Sizes and Characteristics of Plasmas in the Universe -- 1.3 Regions of Applicability of Plasma Physics -- 1.4 Power Generation and Transmission -- 1.5 Electrical Discharges in Cosmic Plasma -- 1.6 Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasma -- 1.7 Plasma Pinches and Instabilities -- 1.8 Diagnosing Cosmic Plasmas -- 2. Birkeland Currents in Cosmic Plasma -- 2.1 History of Birkeland Currents -- 2.2 Field-Aligned Currents in Laboratory Plasma -- 2.3 Field-Aligned Currents in Astrophysical Plasmas -- 2.4 Basic Equations of Magnetohydrodynamics -- 2.5 The Generalized Bennett Relation -- 2.6 Application of the Carlqvist Relation -- 2.7 Basic Fluid and Beam Instabilities -- 2.8 Laboratory Simulation of Cosmic Plasma Processes -- 2.9 The Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Beams and Birkeland Currents -- 3. Biot-Savart Law in Cosmic Plasma -- 3.1 History of Magnetism -- 3.2 The Magnetic Interaction of Steady Line Currents -- 3.3 The Magnetic Induction Field -- 3.4 The Vector Potential -- 3.5 Quasi-Stationary Magnetic Fields -- 3.6 Inductance -- 3.7 Storage of Magnetic Energy -- 3.8 Forces as Derivatives of Coefficients of Inductance -- 3.9 Measurement of Magnetic Fields in Laboratory Plasmas -- 3.10 Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Interacting Curents -- 3.11 Magnetic Fields in Cosmic Dimensioned Plasma -- 4. Electric Fields in Cosmic Plasma -- 4.1 Electric Fields -- 4.2 Measurement of Electric Fields -- 4.3 Magnetic Field Aligned Electric Fields -- 4.4 Magnetospheric Electric Fields -- 4.5 Outstanding Questions -- 4.6 Phenomena Associated with Electric Fields -- 5. Double Layers in Astrophysics -- 5.1 General Description of Double Layers -- 5.2 The Time-Independent Double Layer -- 5.3 Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Double Layers -- 5.4 Double Layers in Current Filaments -- 5.5 Basic Properties of Double Layers -- 5.6 Examples of Cosmic Double Layers -- 6. Synchrotron Radiation -- 6.1 Theory of Radiation from an Accelerated Charge -- 6.2 Radiation of an Accelerated Electron in a Magnetic Field -- 6.3 Field Polarization -- 6.4 Radiation from an Ensemble of Electrons -- 6.5 Synchrotron Radiation from Z Pinches -- 6.6 Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Synchrotron Processes -- 6.7 Synchrotron Radiation from Cosmic Sources -- 7. Transport of Cosmic Radiation -- 7.1 Energy Transport in Plasma -- 7.2 Applications of Geometrical Optics -- 7.3 Black Body Radiation -- 7.4 The Source Function and Kirchoff's Law -- 7.5 Self Absorption by Plasma Filaments -- 7.6 Large-Scale, Random Magnetic Field Approximation -- 7.7 Anisotropic Distribution of Velocities -- 8. Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Cosmic Plasma -- 8.1 "In-Situ" Observation of Cosmic Plasmas via Computer Simulation -- 8.2 The History of Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Simulation -- 8.3 The Laws of Plasma Physics -- 8.4 Multidimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulation -- 8.5 Techniques for Solution -- 8.6 Issues in Simulating Cosmic Phenomena -- 8.7 Gravitation -- 8.8 Scaling Laws -- 8.9 Data Management -- 8.10 Further Developments in Plasma Simulation -- Appendix A. Transmission Line Fundamentals in Space and Cosmic Plasmas -- A.1 Transmission Lines -- A.2 Definition of the State of the Line at a Point -- A.3 Primary Parameters -- A.4 General Equations -- A.4.1 The General Case -- A.4.2 The Special Case of the Lossless Line -- A.5 Heaviside's Operational Calculus (The Lapace Transform) -- A.5.1 The Propagation Function -- A.5.2 Characteristic Impedance -- A.5.3 Reflection Coefficients -- A.6 Time-Domain Reflectometry -- Appendix B. Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves in Plasma -- Appendix C. Dusty and Grain Plasmas -- C.1 Dusty Plasma -- C.2 Grain Plasma -- Appendix D. Some Useful Units and Constants -- Appendix E. TRISTAN -- References.
Síntesis:
During the past decade our understanding of plasma physics has witnessed an explosive growth due to research in two areas: work directed toward controlled nuclear fusion and work in space physics. This book addresses the growing need to apply these complementary discoveries to astrophysics. Today plasma is recognized as the key element to understanding the generation of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, the accel- eration and transport of cosmic rays, and many other phenomena occurring in interstellar space, in radio galaxies, stellar atmospheres, quasars, and so forth.
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