Turbulence in Space Plasmas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cargill, Peter. (Editor), Vlahos, Loukas. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 778
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical geography.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00210-6

Over the years, many leading European graduate schools in the field of astrophysical and space plasmas have operated within the framework of the research network, "Theory, Observations, and Simulations in Turbulence in Space Plasmas." This text is a set of lectures and tutorial reviews cul...

Table of Contents:

• Waves and Instabilities in Space Plasmas
• An Introduction to Fluid and MHD Turbulence for Astrophysical Flows: Theory, Observational and Numerical Data, and Modeling
• The Solar Atmosphere
• The Solar Flare: A Strongly Turbulent Particle Accelerator
• Diagnostics of the Solar Wind Plasma
• Physical Processes in the Solar Wind
• Physics of Stellar Coronae.