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Plasma Astrophysics, Part II

Reconnection and Flares

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Authors:
  1. Boris V. Somov

    1. Astronomical Institute and Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moskva, Russia

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  • Includes additions and updates of chapter sections, figures, exercises and equations
  • Newly added chapter sections include topics such as Hall currents in a reconnecting current layer, classification of zeroth points, topological triggers for solar flares, 3D models of the Syrovatskii type and motions of the coronal HXR sources
  • Discusses updates on reconnection in a strong magnetic field and the complexity of a topological model

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 392)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Magnetic Reconnection

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 1-17

  3. Reconnection in a Strong Magnetic Field

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 19-45

  4. Generalized Analytical Models of Reconnection

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 47-65

  5. Evidence of Reconnection in Solar Flares

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 67-90

  6. Reconnection in Action

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 91-107

  7. The Bastille Day Flare and Similar Solar Flares

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 109-141

  8. Electric Currents Related to Reconnection

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 143-175

  9. Models of Reconnecting Current Layers

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 177-211

  10. Collapsing Magnetic Traps in Solar Flares

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 213-274

  11. Solar-Type Flares in Laboratory and Space

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 275-291

  12. Particle Acceleration in Current Layers

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 293-320

  13. Structural Instability of Reconnecting Current Layers

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    Pages 321-349

  14. Tearing Instability of Reconnecting Current Layers

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 351-376

  15. Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 377-396

  16. Reconnection in Weakly-Ionized Plasma

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 397-414

  17. Magnetic Reconnection of Electric Currents

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 415-437

  18. Fast Particles in Solar Flares

    • Boris V. Somov
    Pages 439-457

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 459-504
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About this book

This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This second part discusses the physics of magnetic reconnection and flares of electromagnetic origin in space plasmas in the solar system, single and double stars, relativistic objects, accretion disks and their coronae. More than 25% of the text is updated from the first edition, included the additions of new figures, equations and entire sections on topics such as topological triggers for solar flares and the magnetospheric physics problem.

This book is aimed at professional researchers in astrophysics, but it will also be useful to graduate students in space sciences, geophysics, applied physics and mathematics, especially those seeking a unified view of plasma physics and fluid mechanics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Astronomical Institute and Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moskva, Russia

    Boris V. Somov

About the author

Boris Somov is a professor at the Moscow State University, laureate of the State Prize of the former USSR (the Honor Prize of the USSR Government), and laureate of the IBC Award, “2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century,” in honor of his contribution to space physics and astrophysics.

Five well-known monographs, “Physical Processes in Solar Flares,” “Fundamentals of Cosmic Electrodynamics,” “Cosmic Plasma Physics” and “Plasma Astrophysics, Parts I&II (First Edition)” by Boris Somov were published by Kluwer Academic Publishers and Springer in 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2006, respectively. He has contributed more than 280 articles to the scientific literature in solar physics and plasma astrophysics.

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