Physics of Fluids and Plasmas An Introduction for Astrophysicists

Name: Physics of Fluids and Plasmas An Introduction for Astrophysicists
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ISBN: 9780521555432

ISBN-10: 0521555434

ISBN-13: 9780521555432

Edition: 1998

Authors: Arnab Rai Choudhuri

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A working knowledge of fluid mechanics and plasma physics is essential for the modern astrophysicist. Arnab Rai Choudhuri's graduate textbook provides an introduction to these two core subjects.

Book details

List price: $95.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/26/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.32" wide x 9.72" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.980

Arnab Rai Choudhuri is a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science. One of the world's leading scientists in the field of solar magnetohydrodynamics, he is author of The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas (Cambridge University Press, 1998).



Introduction



Neutral Fluids



Boltzmann equation



March towards hydrodynamics



Properties of ideal fluids



Viscous flows



Gas dynamics



Linear theory of waves and instabilities



Turbulence



Rotation and hydrodynamics



Plasmas



Plasma orbit theory



Dynamics of many charged particles



Collisionless processes in plasmas



Collisional processes and the one-fluid model



Basic magnetohydrodynamics



Theory of magnetic topologies



Dynamo theory


Appendices



Useful vector relations



Integrals in kinetic theory



Formulae and equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates



Values of various quantities



Basic parameters pertaining to plasmas


Suggestions for further reading


References