Physics of the Plasma Universe /
During the past decade our understanding of plasma physics has witnessed an explosive growth due to research in two areas: work directed toward controlled nuclear fusion and work in space physics. This book addresses the growing need to apply these complementary discoveries to astrophysics. Today pl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1992.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | During the past decade our understanding of plasma physics has witnessed an explosive growth due to research in two areas: work directed toward controlled nuclear fusion and work in space physics. This book addresses the growing need to apply these complementary discoveries to astrophysics. Today plasma is recognized as the key element to understanding the generation of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, the accel- eration and transport of cosmic rays, and many other phenomena occurring in interstellar space, in radio galaxies, stellar atmospheres, quasars, and so forth. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 372 pages 208 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9781461227809 (electronic bk.) 1461227801 (electronic bk.) |