Radiation in Astrophysical Plasmas
Springer (Verlag)
978-0-7923-3907-6 (ISBN)
The monograph contains the description of physical processes involved in interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas. It comprises the reasonable minimum necessary for understanding the emission and propagation of electromagnetic waves in astrophysical plasmas; without this minimum one could not succeed in interpreting the results of a number of astronomical observations.
Audience: This monograph will be useful for graduate and post-graduate students and young scientists as a textbook on plasma astrophysics and the issues of plasma physics dealing with radiation. At the same time, the book can be used by specialists on astrophysics, radio astronomy and plasma physics.
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Parameters of astrophysical plasmas.- 1.2 Electromagnetic radiation and its main characteristics.- 1.3 Radiation sources and radiation mechanisms. Definitions and general properties.- 2 Electromagnetic waves in homogeneous plasma.- 2.1 Dielectric permittivity of plasma. Dispersion equations.- 2.2 Electromagnetic waves in homogeneous equilibrium plasma.- 3 Electromagnetic waves in inhomogeneous astrophysical plasma.- 3.1 Geometrical optics approximation in an inhomogeneous medium.- 3.2 Linear mode coupling in magnetoactive plasma.- 4 Transfer of radiation in astrophysical plasmas.- 4.1Transfer of radiation intensity.- 4.2 Transfer of polarization.- 5 Emission by astrophysical plasmas.- 5.1 Emission by a charged particle.- 5.2 Plasma emissivity.- 6 Absorption in thermal astrophysical plasmas.- 6.1 Absorption in isotropic plasma.- 6.2 Absorption in magnetoactive plasma.- 7 Reabsorption and amplification of radiation in non-equilibrium plasma.- 7.1 Method of kinetic equation and method of Einstein coefficients.- 7.2 Cerenkov instability.- 7.3 Cyclotron instability.- 7.4 Synchrotron reabsorption and instability.- 8 Scattering of radiation in plasma.- 8.1 Scattering of waves by particles in isotropic plasma.- 8.2 Transfer of radiation at cyclotron frequencies.- 8.3 Radiation pressure force in plasma.- 8.4 Raman scattering in plasma.- References.- References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.2.1996 |
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Reihe/Serie | Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 204 |
Zusatzinfo | IX, 462 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7923-3907-X / 079233907X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7923-3907-6 / 9780792339076 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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