Ebook: Fundamentals of Cosmic Electrodynamics

Cosmic electrodynamics is the specific branch of plasma physics which studies electromagnetic phenomena -- mostly the role of electromagnetic forces in dynamics of highly-conducting compressible medium in the solar interior and atmosphere, solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere and magnetospheres of other planets as well as pulsars and other astrophysical objects.
This textbook is written to be used at several different levels. It is aimed primarily at beginning graduate students who are assumed to have a knowledge of basic physics. Starting from the language of plasma physics, from Maxwell's equations, the author guides the reader into the more specialized concepts of cosmic electrodynamics.
The main attention in the book is paid to physics rather than maths. However, the clear mathematical image of physical processes in space plasma is presented and spelled out in the surrounding text. There is not another way to work in modern astrophysics at the quantitative level.
The book will also be useful for professional astronomers and for specialists, who investigate cosmic plasmas from space, as well as for everybody who is interested in modern astrophysics.

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Cosmic electrodynamics is the specific branch of plasma physics which studies electromagnetic phenomena -- mostly the role of electromagnetic forces in dynamics of highly-conducting compressible medium in the solar interior and atmosphere, solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere and magnetospheres of other planets as well as pulsars and other astrophysical objects.
This textbook is written to be used at several different levels. It is aimed primarily at beginning graduate students who are assumed to have a knowledge of basic physics. Starting from the language of plasma physics, from Maxwell's equations, the author guides the reader into the more specialized concepts of cosmic electrodynamics.
The main attention in the book is paid to physics rather than maths. However, the clear mathematical image of physical processes in space plasma is presented and spelled out in the surrounding text. There is not another way to work in modern astrophysics at the quantitative level.
The book will also be useful for professional astronomers and for specialists, who investigate cosmic plasmas from space, as well as for everybody who is interested in modern astrophysics.

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Cosmic electrodynamics is the specific branch of plasma physics which studies electromagnetic phenomena -- mostly the role of electromagnetic forces in dynamics of highly-conducting compressible medium in the solar interior and atmosphere, solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere and magnetospheres of other planets as well as pulsars and other astrophysical objects.
This textbook is written to be used at several different levels. It is aimed primarily at beginning graduate students who are assumed to have a knowledge of basic physics. Starting from the language of plasma physics, from Maxwell's equations, the author guides the reader into the more specialized concepts of cosmic electrodynamics.
The main attention in the book is paid to physics rather than maths. However, the clear mathematical image of physical processes in space plasma is presented and spelled out in the surrounding text. There is not another way to work in modern astrophysics at the quantitative level.
The book will also be useful for professional astronomers and for specialists, who investigate cosmic plasmas from space, as well as for everybody who is interested in modern astrophysics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Charged Particles in the Electromagnetic Field....Pages 5-14
The Motion of a Charged Particle in Given Fields....Pages 15-46
Coulomb Collisions of Particles....Pages 47-58
Statistical Description of a Plasma....Pages 59-79
Hydrodynamic Description of a Plasma....Pages 81-100
Magnetohydrodynamics....Pages 101-115
Plasma Flows in a Strong Magnetic Field....Pages 117-134
Waves and Discontinuous Flows in a MHD Medium....Pages 135-165
Evolutionarity of MHD discontinuities....Pages 167-177
Plasma Equilibrium in a Magnetic Field....Pages 179-196
Stationary Plasma Flows in a Magnetic Field....Pages 197-219
Magnetic Reconnection in Current Sheets....Pages 221-247
Evolutionarity of current sheets....Pages 249-272
Tearing Instability of the Reconnecting Current Sheet....Pages 273-295
Selected Trends in Cosmic Electrodynamics....Pages 297-306
Reconnection of Electric Currents....Pages 307-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-364

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Cosmic electrodynamics is the specific branch of plasma physics which studies electromagnetic phenomena -- mostly the role of electromagnetic forces in dynamics of highly-conducting compressible medium in the solar interior and atmosphere, solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere and magnetospheres of other planets as well as pulsars and other astrophysical objects.
This textbook is written to be used at several different levels. It is aimed primarily at beginning graduate students who are assumed to have a knowledge of basic physics. Starting from the language of plasma physics, from Maxwell's equations, the author guides the reader into the more specialized concepts of cosmic electrodynamics.
The main attention in the book is paid to physics rather than maths. However, the clear mathematical image of physical processes in space plasma is presented and spelled out in the surrounding text. There is not another way to work in modern astrophysics at the quantitative level.
The book will also be useful for professional astronomers and for specialists, who investigate cosmic plasmas from space, as well as for everybody who is interested in modern astrophysics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Charged Particles in the Electromagnetic Field....Pages 5-14
The Motion of a Charged Particle in Given Fields....Pages 15-46
Coulomb Collisions of Particles....Pages 47-58
Statistical Description of a Plasma....Pages 59-79
Hydrodynamic Description of a Plasma....Pages 81-100
Magnetohydrodynamics....Pages 101-115
Plasma Flows in a Strong Magnetic Field....Pages 117-134
Waves and Discontinuous Flows in a MHD Medium....Pages 135-165
Evolutionarity of MHD discontinuities....Pages 167-177
Plasma Equilibrium in a Magnetic Field....Pages 179-196
Stationary Plasma Flows in a Magnetic Field....Pages 197-219
Magnetic Reconnection in Current Sheets....Pages 221-247
Evolutionarity of current sheets....Pages 249-272
Tearing Instability of the Reconnecting Current Sheet....Pages 273-295
Selected Trends in Cosmic Electrodynamics....Pages 297-306
Reconnection of Electric Currents....Pages 307-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-364
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