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Physics of Collisionless Shocks
Balogh, Andre; Treumann, Rudolf A.
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Paperback. This book provides a systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and astrophysics. It offers a unique and excellently illustrated course on shock wave physics and applications. Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHFP; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 777.
The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of absence of collisions among the charged particles when the interaction is mediated solely by the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic field plays an important role in their evolution and dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resistance or viscosity. The main ... Read more
The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of absence of collisions among the charged particles when the interaction is mediated solely by the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic field plays an important role in their evolution and dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resistance or viscosity. The main ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
ISSI Scientific Report Series
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489990648
SKU
V9781489990648
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About Balogh, Andre; Treumann, Rudolf A.
André Balogh is Emeritus Professor of Space Physics in Imperial College London and a past Director of the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland. He has participated in numerous scientific space missions since the mid‐1960s and has been a Principal Investigator on the Ulysses and Cluster missions. His principal research interest is the observation and study of magnetic fields in the ... Read more
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