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Transport & Energy Conversion in the Hel
by J P Rozelot
Available from Powells Used Books
$28.00
on 8-23-2008
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Features
ISBN Number: 9783540675952
Subtitle: (lectures given at the CNRS summer school on solar astrophysics, Oleron, France, 25-29 May 1998 )
Other: Rozelot, J. P.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Location: Berlin
Subject: Physics
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Magnetohydrodynamics
Subject: Heliosphere
Subject: Magnetic reconnection.
Subject: Astronomy, General
Copyright: 2000
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Series: Lecture notes in physics,
Series Volume: IMS-14553
Publication Date: c2000
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: viii, 214 p.
The book contains courses taught to a public of Ph.D. students, post-docs and confirmed researchers in all fields of heliospheric plasma physics. It aims at identifying physical issues which are common to two different fields of astronomy: solar and magnetospheric physics. Emphasis is given to basic processes of transport and conversion of energy: magnetic reconnection is discussed in detail from the viewpoints of MHD and kinetic physics. Processes of charged particle acceleration are reviewed and compared with recent observations. The subject is introduced by a summary of MHD, and the basic structures and parameters of the solar atmosphere, terrestrial ionosphere and magnetosphere are reviewed. The book combines a pedagogic and comprehensive presentation of physical issues and raises fully open questions, with the complementary and sometimes conflicting views of geophysicists and solar physicists. The book's focus, while basic, opens new avenues.
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