Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics

Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics
Author: B. Lehnert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1316612856

This book contains papers from symposium number 6, organised by the International Astronomical Union and held on 27th-28th and 30th-31st August 1956.

Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena

Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena
Author: Athina Meli
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039214659

During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.

Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics

Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics
Author: Sébastien Galtier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107158656

An introductory text on magnetohydrodynamics for advanced students, covering its broad range of applications in nature and in the laboratory.

Origin and Distribution of the Elements

Origin and Distribution of the Elements
Author: L. H. Ahrens
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1201
Release: 2015-12-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483158152

Origin and Distribution of the Elements, Volume 30 presents detailed studies of trace elements and isotopes and the use of these data with the techniques of physical and organic chemistry to make relevant interpretations in geology. This book discusses some of the problems of applied chemistry. Organized into five sections encompassing 89 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the theories of nucleosynthesis that are based on broad empirical foundations involving experiment in nuclear physics and observation in geophysics and astronomy. This text then explores the primeval abundance of the elements wherein the composition of the material from which the Galaxy is formed. Other chapters consider the production of helium in the galaxy. This book discusses as well the dynamics of the cores of highly evolved massive stars. The final chapter deals with the measurements of site populations in crystal structures by electron diffraction and X-ray. Physicists, astronomers, geologists, and geochemists will find this book extremely useful.