Overview
- Provides many additions, updates and some corrections of chapter sections, figures, exercises and equations
- Newly added chapter sections include topics such as plasma heating by reverse current, the moment equations, the powerful heat flux problem, the frozen field theorem, magnetic reconnection, stability of plasma-compressing waves, MHD oscillations in the solar corona and the Grad-Shafranov equation
- Discusses updates on the evolutionarily of Trans-Alfvenic shock waves
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 391)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plasma Astrophysics, Part I
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Practice
Authors: Boris V. Somov
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4283-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4282-0Published: 31 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9602-2Published: 19 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4283-7Published: 31 August 2012
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVI, 498
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Plasma Physics, Geophysics and Environmental Physics