About this book
Introduction
During the past decade our understanding of plasma physics has witnessed an explosive growth due to research in two areas: work directed toward controlled nuclear fusion and work in space physics. This book addresses the growing need to apply these complementary discoveries to astrophysics. Today plasma is recognized as the key element to understanding the generation of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, the accel- eration and transport of cosmic rays, and many other phenomena occurring in interstellar space, in radio galaxies, stellar atmospheres, quasars, and so forth.
Keywords
Dusty plasma Nuclear fusion Plasma astrophysics magnetohydrodynamics
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2780-9
- Copyright Information Springer-Verlag New York 1992
- Publisher Name Springer, New York, NY
- eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
- Print ISBN 978-1-4612-7666-1
- Online ISBN 978-1-4612-2780-9
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