Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena
Meli, Athina
Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (264 p.)
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During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.
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books978-3-03921-466-2 9783039214662 9783039214655
10.3390/books978-3-03921-466-2 doi
cosmic ray knee and ankle blazars numerical methods global jets MHD-accretion muti-messenger astronomy massive star supernovae galaxies: active TBD 26Al black holes accreting black holes particle-in-cell simulations kink-like instability laser-induced nuclear reactions magnetic fields magneto-hydrodynamics gamma-ray bursts active galactic nuclei accretion discs-jets numerical relativity plasma physics GRMHD high-power laser systems radio interferometry recollimation shocks effective lifetime multi-wavelength astronomy relativistic jets high energy astrophysics jets active galaxies relativistic astrophysics helical magnetic fields laser plasma X-ray binaries polarization the Weibel instability AGN neutrino astrophysics radiation mechanism: non-thermal nuclear astrophysics cosmic rays mushroom instability accretion disks MHD winds
Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (264 p.)
Open Access
During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03921-466-2 9783039214662 9783039214655
10.3390/books978-3-03921-466-2 doi
cosmic ray knee and ankle blazars numerical methods global jets MHD-accretion muti-messenger astronomy massive star supernovae galaxies: active TBD 26Al black holes accreting black holes particle-in-cell simulations kink-like instability laser-induced nuclear reactions magnetic fields magneto-hydrodynamics gamma-ray bursts active galactic nuclei accretion discs-jets numerical relativity plasma physics GRMHD high-power laser systems radio interferometry recollimation shocks effective lifetime multi-wavelength astronomy relativistic jets high energy astrophysics jets active galaxies relativistic astrophysics helical magnetic fields laser plasma X-ray binaries polarization the Weibel instability AGN neutrino astrophysics radiation mechanism: non-thermal nuclear astrophysics cosmic rays mushroom instability accretion disks MHD winds