Transport Processes in Space Physics and Astrophysics - Problems and Solutions

This is the problems and solution manual for the graduate text with the same title and published as Lecture Notes in Physics Vol 877 which provides the necessary mathematical and physics background to understand the transport of gases, charged particle gases, energetic charged particles, turbulence, and radiation in an astrophysical and space physics context. The very detailed and self-contained problems and solutions will be an essential part of the training of any graduate student wishing to enter and pursuing research in this field.

List of contents

Introduction.- Statistical Background.- The Boltzmann Transport Equation.- Charged Particle Transport in a Collisional Magnetized.- Charged Particle Transport in a Collisionless Magnetized Plasma.- The Transport of Low Frequency Turbulence.- Index

Summary

 This is the problems and solution manual for the graduate text with the same title and published as Lecture Notes in Physics Vol 877 which provides the necessary mathematical and physics background to understand the transport of gases, charged particle gases, energetic charged particles, turbulence, and radiation in an astrophysical and space physics context. The very detailed and self-contained problems and solutions will be an essential part of the training of any graduate student wishing to enter and pursuing research in this field. 

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“Undoubtedly provide a valuable theoretical resource for researchers in space physics and astrophysics, written by authors who are clearly deeply immersed in their subject material.” (S. W. H. Cowley, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1254), October, 2016)

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"Undoubtedly provide a valuable theoretical resource for researchers in space physics and astrophysics, written by authors who are clearly deeply immersed in their subject material." (S. W. H. Cowley, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1254), October, 2016)

Product details

• Authors: Alexande Dosch, Alexander Dosch, Gary P Zank, Gary P. Zank
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319248783
• ISBN: 978-3-31-924878-3
• No. of pages: 257
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 432 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 257 p. 5 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Umwelt, B, Geophysics, Astrophysics, Klassische Mechanik, Angewandte Physik, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Fluid mechanics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Fluids, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy, Applied physics, Environmental Physics, Continuum Mechanics