This work provides an introduction to astrophysical plasmas and
fluids for graduate students of astronomy preparing either for a
research career in the field or just aspiring to achieve a decent
degree of familiarity with 99 per cent of the cosmos. The contents
provide a representation of the phenomenal diversity of dominant
roles that plasmas and fluids play in the near and far reaches of
the universe. The breadth of coverage of basic physical processes
is a feature of this textbook. By first using the Liouville
equation to derive the single-fluid, two-fluid and kinetic
descriptions of a plasma and a fluid, and then demonstrating the
use of these descriptions for specific situations in the rest of
the book, the author has chosen a different way of handling this
large technical subject. The two major astrophysical issues, fluid
or plasma configurations and their radiative signatures, figure
prominently throughout the book. The problems are designed to give
the reader a feel for the quantitative properties of celestial
objects.
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