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Action (physics)
Amplitude
Astronomy
Astrophysical plasma
Astrophysics
Author_Russell M. Kulsrud
Boltzmann equation
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Chromosphere
Classical electromagnetism
Collision theory
Correlation function (quantum field theory)
Cosmic ray
Cross section (physics)
Cyclotron resonance
Dynamo theory
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electron scattering
Electron temperature
Electronvolt
Elliptic orbit
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Faraday effect
Fermi acceleration
Galaxy rotation curve
Gamma ray
Gamma-ray burst
Gravitational acceleration
Gravitational collapse
Gravitational potential
Harmonic oscillator
Interstellar cloud
Interstellar medium
Ion acoustic wave
Ionization
Ionosphere
Kinetic theory of gases
Lorentz force
Magnetic dipole
Magnetic energy
Magnetic mirror
Magnetic moment
Magnetization
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetopause
Magnetorotational instability
Magnetosonic wave
Magnetosphere
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Neutron star
Nuclear physics
Orbit equation
Particle beam
Particle physics
Physicist
Physics of Fluids
Physics of Plasmas
Pitch angle (particle motion)
Plasma (physics)
Plasma oscillation
Quantity
Quantum mechanics
Radiation pressure
Radioactive decay
Relativistic particle
Scalar (physics)
Shearing (physics)
Solar rotation
Supernova
Synchrotron radiation
Test particle
Theoretical physics
Wave packet
Product details
- ISBN 9780691120737
- Weight: 652g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 2004
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this book, a distinguished expert introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. Plasmas are ionized gases that can be found in a hydrogen bomb explosion, the confinement chamber of an experimental fusion reactor, the solar corona, the aurora borealis, the interstellar medium, and the immediate vicinity of a gravitational black hole. Not surprisingly, plasma physics appears to consist of numerous topics arising independently from astrophysics, fusion physics, and other practical applications, and hence it remains a field poorly understood even by many astrophysicists. But, in fact, most of these topics can be approached from the same perspective, with a simple, physical intuition. Selecting simple examples and presenting them in a simultaneously intuitive and rigorous manner, Russell Kulsrud guides readers through a careful derivation of the results and allows them to think through the physics for themselves. Thus, they are better prepared for complex cases and more general results.
The first eleven chapters present topics by their importance to plasma physics while the last three chapters emphasize the field's astrophysical applications, applying the results accrued earlier. Throughout, many problems illustrate the field's applications. Based on a course the author taught for many years, Plasma Physics for Astrophysics is intended for graduate students as well as for working astrophysicists.
Russell M. Kulsrud is Professor Emeritus of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. A former head of the theory division at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, he has published nearly 150 research papers. His many honors include the James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics, awarded by the American Physical Society in 1993.
