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Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas, 1st ed. 2016
Space Sciences Series of ISSI Series, Vol. 51
Coordinators: Balogh Andre, Bykov Andrei, Eastwood Jonathan, Kaastra Jelle
Language: EnglishSubjects for Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic...:
Keywords
Plasma structures; Different formations of plasma structure; Processes of structure formation in cosmic plasmas; Magnetic structures in planet magnetospheres; Relativistic plasma outflows; Structure formation and evolution of large scale magnetic fields; Plasma physics of Earth’s magnetosphere; Cosmic electrodynamics; Plasma structures in heliosphere and interstellar medium; Plasma structures in dark matter dominated systems; Cluster galaxies and plasma structure
Publication date: 02-2016
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Publication date: 03-2018
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This book offers eleven coordinated reviews on multi-scale structure formation in cosmic plasmas in the Universe. Observations and theories of plasma structures are presented in all relevant astrophysical contexts, from the Earth?s magnetosphere through heliospheric and galactic scales to clusters of galaxies and the large scale structure of the Universe. Basic processes in cosmic plasmas starting from electric currents and the helicity concept governing the dynamics of magnetic structures in planet magnetospheres, stellar winds, and relativistic plasma outflows like pulsar wind nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei jets are covered.
The multi-wavelength view from the radio to gamma-rays with modern high resolution telescopes discussed in the book reveals a beautiful and highly informative picture of both coherent and chaotic plasma structures tightly connected by strong mutual influence. The authors are all leading scientists in their fields, making this book an authoritative, up?to?date and enduring contribution to astrophysics.
1. Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas.- 2. Electric Current Circuits in Astrophysics.- 3. Magnetic Helicity and Large Scale Magnetic Fields: A Primer.- 4. Large-Scale Structure Formation: from the first non-linear objects to massive galaxy clusters.- 5. Structures and components in galaxy clusters: observations and models.- 6. Supernova Remnants Interacting with Molecular Clouds: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Signatures.- 7. The Heliosphere: What did we learn in recent years and the current challenges.- 8. Structures in the Outer Solar Atmosphere.- 9. What Controls the Structure and Dynamics of Earth’s Magnetosphere?.- 10. Properties of Magnetic Field Fluctuations in the Earth’s Magnetotail and Implications for the General Problem of Structure Formation in Hot Plasmas.- 11. Current Sheets in the Earth Magnetotail.
Jonathan Eastwood is a lecturer in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London where he is a member of the Space and Atmospheric Physics research group. He has previously worked at UC Berkeley and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. In 2012 he was the recipient of the COSPAR Zeldovich medal (Commission D) in recognition of his research into the physics of magnetic reconnection and collisionless shocks using satellite data.
Jelle Kaastra (PhD 1985, Utrecht University) is a senior scientist at SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research and professor of high-en
Offers tutorial chapters introducing basic
concepts of comic plasma structure formation as well as deep original reviews of the current status of observations and theory
Constitutes a coordinated and coherent collection of reviews by leading scientists in this wide-ranging field of astrophysics and cosmology
Includes the broadest existing coverage of the origin and the dynamics of cosmic plasma structures in all astrophysical contexts, such as recently discovered structures like the cold fronts in dark matter dominated clusters of galaxies
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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