Reprint

Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena

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October 2019
264 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03921-465-5 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03921-466-2 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Cosmic Plasmas and Electromagnetic Phenomena that was published in

Physical Sciences
Summary

During the past few decades, plasma science has witnessed a great growth in laboratory studies, in simulations, and in space. Plasma is the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe. It is a state in which ionized matter (even as low as 1%) becomes highly electrically conductive. As such, long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate its behavior. Cosmic plasmas are mostly associated with stars, supernovae, pulsars and neutron stars, quasars and active galaxies at the vicinities of black holes (i.e., their jets and accretion disks). Cosmic plasma phenomena can be studied with different methods, such as laboratory experiments, astrophysical observations, and theoretical/computational approaches (i.e., MHD, particle-in-cell simulations, etc.). They exhibit a multitude of complex magnetohydrodynamic behaviors, acceleration, radiation, turbulence, and various instability phenomena. This Special Issue addresses the growing need of the plasma science principles in astrophysics and presents our current understanding of the physics of astrophysical plasmas, their electromagnetic behaviors and properties (e.g., shocks, waves, turbulence, instabilities, collimation, acceleration and radiation), both microscopically and macroscopically. This Special Issue provides a series of state-of-the-art reviews from international experts in the field of cosmic plasmas and electromagnetic phenomena using theoretical approaches, astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and state-of-the-art simulation studies.

Format
  • Paperback
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© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
laser-induced nuclear reactions; high-power laser systems; laser plasma; nuclear astrophysics; effective lifetime; 26Al; active galactic nuclei; relativistic jets; magnetic fields; radio interferometry; black holes; accretion disks; X-ray binaries; active galactic nuclei; magnetic fields; accretion disks; MHD winds; accreting black holes; MHD–accretion; accretion discs–jets; AGN; active galaxies; blazars; multi-wavelength astronomy; muti-messenger astronomy; neutrino astrophysics; polarization; active galactic nuclei; relativistic jets; magneto-hydrodynamics; plasma physics; numerical methods; particle-in-cell simulations; relativistic jets; the Weibel instability; kink-like instability; mushroom instability; global jets; helical magnetic fields; recollimation shocks; jets; radiation mechanism: non-thermal; galaxies: active; gamma-ray bursts; TBD; cosmic rays; massive star supernovae; cosmic ray knee and ankle; GRMHD; numerical relativity; relativistic astrophysics; jets; high energy astrophysics

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