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- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP, volume 33)
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Magnetized plasmas in the universe exhibit complex dynamical behavior over a huge range of scales. The fundamental mechanisms of energy transport, redistribution and conversion occur at multiple scales. The driving mechanisms often include energy accumulation, free-energy-excited relaxation processes, dissipation and self-organization. The plasma processes associated with energy conversion, transport and self-organization, such as magnetic reconnection, instabilities, linear and nonlinear waves, wave-particle interactions, dynamo processes, turbulence, heating, diffusion and convection represent fundamental physical effects. They demonstrate similar dynamical behavior in near-Earth space, on the Sun, in the heliosphere and in astrophysical environments.
'Multi-scale Dynamical Processes in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas' presents the proceedings of the International Astrophysics Forum Alpbach 2011. The contributions discuss the latest advances in the exploration of dynamical behavior in space plasmas environments, including comprehensive approaches to theoretical, experimental and numerical aspects. The book will appeal to researchers and students in the fields of physics, space and astrophysics, solar physics, geophysics and planetary science.
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Table of contents (25 papers)
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Front Matter
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Magnetic Field Topology and Reconnection
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Statistical Physics and Entropy Approaches
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Waves, Shocks and Turbulence
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multi-scale Dynamical Processes in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Editors: Manfred P. Leubner, Zoltán Vörös
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30442-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30441-5Published: 01 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42683-4Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30442-2Published: 01 August 2012
Series ISSN: 1570-6591
Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 232
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles