Basics of Plasma Astrophysics

DOI10.1007/978-88-470-5280-2zbMath1311.82001OpenAlexW408363090MaRDI QIDQ5327511

M. Velli, Claudio Chiuderi

Publication date: 7 August 2013

Published in: UNITEXT for Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5280-2

zbMATH Keywords

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilityRayleigh-Taylor instabilitymagnetohydrodynamicsadiabatic invariantsmagnetic momentdynamo theorymagnetic reconnectionplasma instabilitiesmagnetohydrodynamic turbulencecollisionless shocksplasma astrophysicsplasma wavesforce-free magnetic fieldsguiding center motionmagnetohydrodynamic shocksplasma kinetics\(Z\)-pinchanti-dynamo theoremSaha equationPetschek modelplasmoid instabilityparticle driftsmean-field electrodynamicsdegree of ionisationLandau-damping\(\theta\)-pinchAlfvén wave, magneto-acoustic waveBennet's relationbuoyancy instability of the galactic magnetic fielddriven reconnectionKruskal-Shafranov instabilitymagneto-rotational instability of accretion discsorbital theoryspontaneous reconnectionSweet-Parker modeltearing mode instabilitythin current sheets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Astronomy and astrophysics (85A99) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-01)

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