Proceedings of the workshop Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 4 - 6 December 2006 / editors, G. Bertin ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bertin, G. (Giuseppe)

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Conference Name:

Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems Workshop (2006 : Como, Italy)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plasma (Ionized gases)--Mathematics.

Plasma (Ionized gases).

Astrophysics--Mathematics.

Astrophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Collective phenomena in macroscopic systems

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributions in this volume discuss numerous hot topics of interdisciplinary interest in plasma physics, astrophysics, and fluid dynamics. It collects the articles presented at a Workshop that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests.

Contents:

Preface; CONTENTS; A Hypothesis of the Magnetostatic Turbulence and its Implications for Astrophysics D. D. Ryutov and B. A. Remington; 1. Introduction; 2. Existence of magnetostatic turbulence; 3. Possible mechanisms generating magnetostatic turbulence; 4. Dissipation of the magnetostatic turbulence; 5. Large-scale motions on the background of the magnetostatic turbulence; 6. Discussion; References; Coherent Structures and Turbulence in Electron Plasmas M. Rom e, G. Bettega, F. Cavaliere, F. de Luca, A. Illiberi and R. Pozzoli; 1. Introduction; 2. Trapped plasma

3. Beam reflected by a potential barrier3.1. Experimental results; 3.2. Numerical simulations; 4. Conclusions; References; Self-Organization of Non-Linear Vortices in Plasma Lens for Ion-Beam-Focusing in Crossed Radial Electrical and Longitudinal Magnetic Fields V. Maslov, I. Onishchenko and A. Goncharov; 1. Introduction; 2. Joint Development of Two Instabilities; 3. Spatial Structure of Vortexes; 4. Nonlinear Dynamics of Vortices; References; Collective Processes at Kinetic Levels in Dusty Plasmas P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson; 1. Introduction; 2. Dust ion-acoustic waves

3. Experimental observations of DIA shocks4. Langmuir envelope solitons; 5. Surface dust vortices and zonal flows; 6. Summary; Acknowledgment; References; Magnetic Field Generation in Anisotropic Relativistic Plasma Regimes F. Pegoraro, F. Califano and D. del Sarto; 1. Magnetic fields in plasmas; 2. Laboratory relativistic plasmas; 3. Linear dispersion relation; 4. 3-D structure of the magnetic eld generated by two inhomogeneous counterstreaming beams; 5. Conclusions; References

Generation and Observation of Coherent, Long-Lived Structures in a Laser-Plasma Channel T. V. Liseykina, F. Ceccherini, F. Cornolti, E. Yu. Echkina, A. Macchi, F. Pegoraro, M. Borghesi, S. Kar, L. Romagnani, S. V. Bulanov, O. Willi and W. Galimberti1. Introduction; 2. Experimental setup and simulation approach; 3. Channeling in underdense plasma; 4. Structure formation; 5. Conclusion; 6. Acknowledgments; References; Theoretical Resolution of Magnetic Reconnection in High Energy Plasmas B. Coppi; 1. Introduction; 2. Micro-reconnecting Modes and Their Role

3. Mesoscopic Mode and Relevant Electron Thermal Energy Balance Equation4. Electron and Total Momentum Conservation Equations; 5. Innermost Asymptotic Region Acknowledgments; 6. Solution for the Innermost Region; 7. Asymptotic Matching and Growth Rates; 8. Relevant Comments; Acknowledgments; References; The Power of Being Flat: Conformal Invariance in Two-Dimensional Turbulence A. Celani; References; Stochastic Resonance: From Climate to Biology R. Benzi; 1. The mechanism of stochastic resonance in climate theory; 2. Stochastic resonance in complex systems; 3. Conclusions; References

Energy-Enstrophy Theory for Coupled Fluid/Rotating Sphere System{Exact Solutions for Super-Rotations C. C. Lim

Notes:

At head of t.p.: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611937881

9781281937889

1281937886

9789812778901

981277890X

OCLC:

747539645