An Introduction to waves and oscillations in the sun

“An Introduction to Waves and Oscillations in the Sun” is intended for students and researchers who work in the area of solar and astrophysics. This book contains an introduction to the Sun, basics of electrodynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics for force-free and current-free fields. It deals with waves in uniform media with relevance to sound waves and Alfven waves, and with waves in non-unifor…

Plasma Astrophysics, part II : reconnection and flares

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 …

Astrophysics of the interstellar medium

The space between the stars contains a large diversity of objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to the structure and evolution of galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowledge of these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant to the interstellar medium. The main objects that constitute the interstellar space are described…

The Future of humanity : terraforming Mars, interstellar travel, immortality,…

Edisi

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ISBN/ISSN

9780141986067

Deskripsi Fisik

xviii, 339 hlm : il ; 25 cm

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

629.455 KAK f