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Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media

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Editors:
  1. Alexander Lazarian

    1. Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

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  2. Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

    1. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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  3. Claudio Melioli

    1. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Covers a wide spectrum of astrophysical and cosmological research on magnetic fields
  • Written by a group of leading experts with the aim to present an excellent overview of the field
  • Non-specialists will find sufficient background to enter the field and to be able appreciate the state of the art
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 407)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Current and Forthcoming Observing Facilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Future Observations of Cosmic Magnetic Fields with LOFAR, SKA and Its Precursors

      • Rainer Beck
      Pages 3-17

    3. Magnetic Fields with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array

      • Wouter Vlemmings
      Pages 19-37

  3. Techniques for Observing Cosmic Magnetic Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Synchrotron Radiation and Faraday Rotation

      • George Heald
      Pages 41-57

    3. Interstellar Grain Alignment: Observational Status

      • B-G Andersson
      Pages 59-87

    4. Magnetic Field Measurement with Ground State Alignment

      • Huirong Yan, A. Lazarian
      Pages 89-120

  4. MF in Turbulent Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Kinetic Turbulence

      • Gregory G. Howes
      Pages 123-152

    3. Interstellar Polarization and Magnetic Turbulence

      • Terry Jay Jones
      Pages 153-162

    4. MHD Turbulence, Turbulent Dynamo and Applications

      • Andrey Beresnyak, Alex Lazarian
      Pages 163-226

    5. The Intermittency of ISM Turbulence: What Do the Observations Tell Us?

      • Edith Falgarone, Giorgos Momferratos, Pierre Lesaffre
      Pages 227-252

    6. Cosmic Ray Transport in Turbulent Magnetic Field

      • Huirong Yan
      Pages 253-281

  5. Diffusion, Reconnection and Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Ambipolar Diffusion

      • Ellen G. Zweibel
      Pages 285-309

    3. Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical Environments

      • Alex Lazarian, Gregory L. Eyink, Ethan T. Vishniac, Grzegorz Kowal
      Pages 311-372

    4. Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection

      • Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Grzegorz Kowal
      Pages 373-398

  6. MFs in Star Formation Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 399-399
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    2. Interstellar MHD Turbulence and Star Formation

      • Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni
      Pages 401-444
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About this book

This volume presents the current knowledge of magnetic fields in diffuse astrophysical media. Starting with an overview of 21st century instrumentation to observe astrophysical magnetic fields, the chapters cover observational techniques, origin of magnetic fields, magnetic turbulence, basic processes in magnetized fluids, the role of magnetic fields for cosmic rays, in the interstellar medium and for star formation. Written by a group of leading experts the book represents an excellent overview of the field. Nonspecialists will find sufficient background to enter the field and be able to appreciate the state of the art.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

    Alexander Lazarian

  • Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Claudio Melioli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media

  • Editors: Alexander Lazarian, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Claudio Melioli

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44625-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44624-9Published: 02 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50722-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44625-6Published: 14 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 623

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations, 111 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Plasma Physics

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