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Title:
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Physics of collisionless shocks : space plasma shock waves /
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Authors:
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André Balogh, Author ;
Rudolf A. Treumann, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York, NY : Springer, 2013
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Series:
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ISSI scientific report series
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-4614-6098-5
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Size:
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xii, 500 p. / ill. / 25 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB462.7
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Subjects:
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Astrophysics
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Collisionless plasmas
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General relativity (Physics)
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Plasma astrophysics
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Space plasmas
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Description:
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The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of absence of collisions among the charged particles when the interaction is mediated solely by the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic field plays an important role in their evolution and dynamics.
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Contents note:
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Shock problem --; Equations and models --; Subcritical shocks --; Quasi-perpendicular supercritical shocks --; Quasi-parallel supercritical shocks --; Particle acceleration --; Planetary bow shocks --; Heliospheric termination shock.
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