Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas - Structure and Accelerated Particles

Informationen zum Autor David Burgess is Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London. He has extensive experience in the simulation and theory of space plasma shocks and turbulence, and has been involved in several international space missions including AMPTE, Ulysses and Cluster. He is currently on instrument science teams for the Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus missions. Manfred Scholer is Professor of Geophysics at Munich University and a former group leader of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. He has completed extensive research in solar, heliospheric and magnetospheric physics by means of theory, data analysis and numerical simulations. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and Co-Investigator on several spacecraft, including SOHO and Cluster. Klappentext An engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas, presenting a complete review, from first principles to current research. Zusammenfassung This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas reviews the complex physics governing different types of shocks and the resulting processes of particle acceleration. This up-to-date text is ideal for graduate students and researchers in heliospheric physics learning about shock physics for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Shocks; 2. Basic concepts; 3. The quasi-perpendicular shock: macrostructure; 4. The quasi-perpendicular shock: microstructure; 5. The quasi-parallel shock; 6. Diffusive shock acceleration; 7. Coherent shock acceleration; 8. Electron acceleration; 9. Global and modified shocks; Appendix. Simulation techniques; Further reading; References; Index.

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• Authors: David Burgess, David (Queen Mary University of London) Burgess, David (Queen Mary University of London) S Burgess, David Scholer Burgess, Burgess David, Manfred Scholer, Manfred (Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik Scholer, Scholer Manfred
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2015
• EAN: 9780521514590
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51459-0
• No. of pages: 365
• Series: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series; Cambridge Atmospheric and Spac
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Physics, Plasma Physics, Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning