| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index. |
| Summary |
This book presents an introduction to, and state-of-the-art account of, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Applications to three topics from astrophysics are considered: the solar wind, accretion disks, and the interstellar medium. Suitable for graduate students and researchers working in turbulence theory, plasma physics and astrophysics. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Magnetohydrodynamics; 3 Transition to turbulence; 4 Macroscopic turbulence theory; 5 Spectral properties and phenomenology; 6 Two-point-closure theory; 7 Intermittency; 8 Two-dimensional turbulence; 9 Compressible turbulence and turbulent convection; 10 Turbulence in the solar wind; 11 Turbulence in accretion disks; 12 Interstellar turbulence; Outlook; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities.
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Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities. |
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Turbulence.
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Turbulence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biskamp, D. Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521810116 (DLC) 2002034948 (OCoLC)50684336 |
| ISBN |
0511064217 (electronic book) |
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9780511064210 (electronic book) |
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0511072678 |
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9780511072673 |
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9780511535222 (ebook) |
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0511535228 (ebook) |
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1280418419 |
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9781280418419 |
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0521810116 (Cloth) |
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