Turbulence, dynamos, accretion disks, pulsars and collective processes: First Kodai-Trieste Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics held in Kodaikanal, India, august 27 - september 7, 2007

It is well established and appreciated by now that more than 99% of the baryonic matter in the universe is in the plasma state. Most astrophysical systems could be approximated as conducting fluids in a gravitational field. It is thecombined effect of these two that gives rise to the mind boggling variety of configurations in the form of filaments, loops, jets and arches. The plasma structures that cannot last for more than a second or less in a laboratory remain intact for astronomical time and spatial scales in an astrophysical setting.The case in point is the well known extragalactic jets whose collimation and stability has remained an enigma inspite of the efforts of many for many long years. The high energy radiation sources such as the active galactic nuclei again summon the coherent plasma radiation processes for their exceptionally large output from regions of relatively small physical sizes. Provides and up to date review of the field Each chapter presents research problems and contains a pedagogical component INDICE: From the contents drodynamic Turbulence in classical and quantum fluids. Turbulence and global properties of the solar wind. Rayleigh-Benard convection at very high Rayleigh numbers. Efforts to simulate solar wind turbulence. Solar Wind Turbulence and Scintillation Studies. Modeling of spectral distribution in the solar wind though Hall-MHD. Plasma turbulence in the interstellar medium. Neutrino driven plasma turbulence and supernovae explosions. MHD turbulence. Dynamo process in the astrophysical universe. The Earth’s main geomagnetic field: Operation of a self excited dynamo. The flux transport dynamo in the Sun. Kinematic theory and the dynamo conditions. Constraints on dynamo action. Alpha effect in partially ionized plasmas. Predicting solar cycles witha flux transport dynamo model. Manifestation of pulsars -- General introduction. Individual Pulses. Radio Pulsar Emission Geometry. High Energy Observations of pulsars. Wave propagation in magnetosphere. Pulsars as probes.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8867-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 330
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés