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Radiation in Astrophysical Plasmas (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
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Radiation in Astrophysical Plasmas (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 204
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Interest in the problem of interaction between radiation and
astrophysical plasmas arose decades ago. Initially, this was
closely related to the discovery of radio emission from the Sun and
Galaxy which alerted theoretical radio astronomers to the problem
of the origin of extra-terrestrial radio emission. It has been
found that the observed radio emission from cosmic sources is
generated by virtue of the mechanisms which work mainly in plasma
(an ionized gas). Recently, the theory of generation and
propagation of radiation in astrophysical plasmas has outgrown its
parent domain of theoretical radio astronomy and is being
successfully applied to other fields, such as high-energy
astrophysics. General results obtained in this field may also help
to better understand the complicated phenomena in laboratory
plasmas on the Earth. At the same time, analysis of interaction
between radiation and astrophysical plasmas under extreme
conditions (strong magnetic fields of white dwarfs and neutron
stars or strong gravitational fields in the vicinity of black
holes) stimulates the development of plasma physics as a whole. In
fact, the physics of plasma under extreme conditions in space is a
new branch of fundamental science. 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.
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