Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence / Dieter Biskamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biskamp, D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities.

Turbulence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13228-2

1-280-41841-9

9786610418411

0-511-16991-4

0-511-20605-4

0-511-06421-7

0-511-32659-9

0-511-53522-8

0-511-07267-8

OCLC:

57204233