Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in Solar Plasmas

Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Marcel Goossens, Iñigo Arregui, Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Marcel Goossens, Iñigo Arregui

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780323956642
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323956659
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Astronomy & Astrophysics

Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in The Solar Plasma provides comprehensive and up-to-date theory and practice of the fundamentals of heliospheric research and the Sun's basic plasma processes, covering the dynamics of the solar interior to its exterior in the framework of magnetohydrodynamics. The book covers novel aspects of solar and heliospheric physics, astrophysics and space science, and fundamentals of the fluids and plasmas. Topics covered include key phenomena in the solar interior such as magnetism, dynamo physics, and helioseismology; dynamics and plasma processes in its exterior including fluid processes such as waves, shocks, instabilities, reconnection, and dynamics in the partially ionized plasma; and physics and science related to coronal heating, solar wind, and eruptive phenomena. The content has been developed to specifically cover fundamental physics-related descriptions and up-to-date developments of the scientific research related to these significant topics. The book therefore provides the entire fundamental and front-line research aspects of solar and heliospheric plasma processes, mainly in the context of solar plasma, however, the content also has larger implications for the astrophysical plasma, and laboratory plasma, fluid dynamics, and associated basic theories. It also includes additional supplementary content such as key instruments and experimental techniques in the form of appendices, boxed-off key information highlighting the most fundamental and key aspects, and worked examples with additional question sets.Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in The Solar Plasma covers both the fundamentals of the topics included as well as up-to-date and future developments in this research field, forming an essential, foundational reference for researchers, academics, and advanced students, in the field of solar physics and astrophysics, as well as neighboring disciplines. - Applies fundamental solar science and research in magnetohydrodynamic processes to practice, and uses in teaching and research - Covers the latest developments in solar plasma processes in terms of both theoretical and fundamental aspects. - Includes the large cohort of plasma processes (e.g., waves, shocks, instabilities, reconnection, heating, magnetism, seismology) significant for the diverse scales of the plasmas and fluids. - Provides detailed physical and mathematical descriptions of the theories in each chapter, along with scientific details, which will enhance understanding of basic phenomena and aid in applying the practical content to current research

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Dynamical processes in the solar plasma
• Chapter 2 : Helioseismology
• Chapter 3 : The Sun's magnetic cycle: observations and modeling: The hydromagnetic dynamo
• Chapter 4 : MHD waves in homogeneous and continuously stratified atmospheres
• Chapter 5 : MHD waves in structured solar fluxtubes
• Chapter 6 : MHD waves in the partially ionized plasma: from single to multifluid approach
• Chapter 7 : Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and transition to turbulence: MHD instabilities and turbulence
• Chapter 8 : Shocks
• Chapter 9 : Magnetic reconnection
• Chapter 10 : Coronal heating
• Index
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