Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 297 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780511535222
Content:
This book presents an introduction to, and modern account of, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, an active field both in general turbulence theory and in various areas of astrophysics. The book starts by introducing the MHD equations, certain useful approximations and the transition to turbulence. The second part of the book covers incompressible MHD turbulence, the macroscopic aspects connected with the different self-organization processes, the phenomenology of the turbulence spectra, two-point closure theory, and intermittency. The third considers two-dimensional turbulence and compressible (in particular, supersonic) turbulence. Because of the similarities in the theoretical approach, these chapters start with a brief account of the corresponding methods developed in hydrodynamic turbulence. The final part of the book is devoted to astrophysical applications: turbulence in the solar wind, in accretion disks, and in the interstellar medium. This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers working in turbulence theory, plasma physics and astrophysics
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-05253-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-81011-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Magnetohydrodynamik
;
Turbulente Strömung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511535222
URL:
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