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Abe, Daisei |
Formation and Evolution of Star-Forming Filaments in Molecular Clouds |
I13145 |
2024 |
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Filippov, Boris |
Eruptions on the Sun |
I13086 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Judge, Philip |
The Problem of Coronal Heating |
I12990 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Cummings, Warren David |
Scientific Debates in Space Science |
I12916 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Miroshnichenko, Leonty |
Solar-Terrestrial Relations |
I12711 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Koskinen, Hannu E. J |
Physics of Earth???s Radiation Belts |
I12374 |
2022 |
Book |
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M??ller, Ana Laura |
Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays in High-Metallicity Astrophysical Environments |
I12226 |
2022 |
Book |
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Lazar, Marian |
Kappa Distributions |
I11921 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Carraro, Giovanni |
Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium |
I11838 |
2021 |
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| Title | Formation and Evolution of Star-Forming Filaments in Molecular Clouds |
| Author(s) | Abe, Daisei |
| Publication | Singapore, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. |
| Description | XII, 99 p. 47 illus., 43 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book clears up some confusion in the field of star formation and proposes a solution to a problem that remains unsolved for more than a decade. Observations of molecular clouds show that dense filaments are the sites of present-day star formation, and it is thus necessary to understand the filament formation process because the filament is an initial condition in a star formation process. Theoretical studies suggest that shock waves in molecular clouds trigger filament formation. Several different mechanisms have been proposed, and the formation mechanism of the observed star-forming filaments is expected to be clarified. In this book, the author performs a series of isothermal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations of filament formation and identifies the formation mechanisms. It is found that the dominant filament formation mode changes with the velocity of the shock waves that trigger the filament formation. The filament width plays an important role in determining the fragmentation scale by self-gravity, and observations show that the width 0.1 pc is universal. On the other hand, in theory the width of the supercritical filaments was considered to be narrowed by self-gravity. Recent studies suggest that massive filaments are bound by the slow shocks that are caused by accretion flows onto the filaments. Since the wavefront of such a slow shock is known to be unstable as a slow shock instability (SSI), the accretion ram pressure is expected to be converted into thermal/turbulent pressure across the shock front, which potentially maintains the width. In the scale of dense filaments, ambipolar diffusion (AD) suppresses the SSI at small scales. The influence of AD on SSI is investigated using two-dimensional MHD simulations, and the nonlinear evolution of the SSI with AD is found to drive turbulences. The book demonstrate the effect of SSI including AD onto the filament evolution |
| ISBN,Price | 9789819764143 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astrophysical Plasma
2. ASTROPHYSICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
6. PLASMA TURBULENCE
7. PLASMA WAVES
8. Turbulence in plasmas
9. Waves, instabilities and nonlinear plasma dynamics
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| Title | Eruptions on the Sun |
| Author(s) | Filippov, Boris |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | X, 393 p. 226 illus., 152 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is devoted to eruptive phenomena on the Sun, the most dangerous sources of space weather disturbances. It discusses the latest achievements in this field, described in the scientific literature and obtained by the author himself. The initial chapters of the book give a brief description of the role of the Sun in the life and history of mankind, a general description of the solar interior and the atmosphere of the Sun, the causes and drivers of solar activity and its impact on the Earth's environment and human life. The book provides a detailed description of eruptive phenomena on the Sun, a review of observations of solar activity and theoretical ideas about the mechanisms and causes of a sudden release of energy in the solar atmosphere. Much attention is paid to the solar magnetic fields, their characteristic features and measured values in the photosphere, the observed manifestations in the chromosphere and corona, and methods for extrapolating photospheric data to the upper layers of the solar atmosphere. It is assumed that the magnetic field is the source of energy suddenly released during eruptive phenomena observed in the form of flares, prominence eruptions and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Energy is accumulated and stored in the non-potential (associated with electric currents) part of the coronal magnetic field (free magnetic energy). This part of the field is the most variable and can provide energy for fast eruptive processes. CMEs, propagating through the interplanetary medium, significantly perturb it and cause the strongest geomagnetic storms when they affect the Earth's magnetosphere. The prediction of the arrival of the CME is the key problem of the entire space weather forecast. Thus, pre-eruptive conditions in CME source regions are of great importance. Solar prominences and filaments are considered the most likely progenitors of CMEs. Most of the book is devoted to the description and analysis of their equilibrium and stability. It is shown that there are measurable characteristics of the proximity of the prominence to the instability threshold, which can be very useful in the problem of space weather forecasting. The book contains many illustrations and links to the latest scientific articles and reviews on the topic. It will be useful to researchers in the field of astrophysics, solar physics, geophysics, as well as PhD and graduate students |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031581779 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astrophysical Plasma
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
8. SOLAR PHYSICS
9. SUN
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| Title | The Problem of Coronal Heating : A Rosetta Stone for Electrodynamic Coupling in Cosmic Plasmas |
| Author(s) | Judge, Philip;Ionson, James A |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XVII, 263 p. 1 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book reflects on 8 decades of research on one of the longest-standing unsolved problems in modern astrophysics: why does the Sun form a hot corona? The authors give a critical overview of the field and offer suggestions on how to bridge the chasm between what we can measure, and what we can calculate. They go back to basics to explain why the problem is difficult, where we have made progress and where we have not, to help the next generation of scientists devise novel techniques to crack such a long-lasting problem. A way forward is formulated centered around refutation, using Bayesian methods to propose and to try to reject hypotheses and models, and avoiding seduction by ``confirmation bias??????. This book is aimed at physicists, students and researchers interested in understanding, learning from and solving the coronal heating problem, in an era of new dedicated facilities such as the Parker Solar Probe and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. The book will appeal to those interested in understanding research methods and how they are changing in the modern academic environment, particular in astrophysics and Earth sciences where remote sensing is essential |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031462733 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astrophysical Plasma
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Methodology of Data Collection and Processing
7. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
8. Sampling (Statistics)
9. SOLAR PHYSICS
10. SUN
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| I12990 |
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| Title | Scientific Debates in Space Science : Discoveries in the Early Space Era |
| Author(s) | Cummings, Warren David;Lanzerotti, Louis J |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XIX, 264 p. 1 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book features several of the significant scientific debates and controversies that helped develop space science in the early space era. The debates led to significant new understandings of the constituents and processes occurring beyond Earth???s atmosphere, and often opened new research directions. Scientific speculations with their resultant debates have played an important role in the development and furthering of research in general. The book thus has broad intellectual importance in illustrating how science advances. The book includes debates in the subject areas of heliophysics (physics in the cosmic region that covers particles and magnetic fields flowing from the Sun), Earth???s moon, solar system asteroids and comets, and the origin of cosmic gamma-ray bursts. A final chapter describes two important and surprising early scientific discoveries that involved no debates. The target audience for this book includes (a) active and retired space scientists, (b) space enthusiasts, and (c) students as supplemental (or even prime) reading in an introductory astronomy and/or space science course. The topics of the debates and controversies, their resolutions, and their pointing to further research and understanding of nature are of both historical and contemporary interest, appeal, and value |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031415982 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONAUTICS
2. Astrophysical Plasma
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History of Physics and Astronomy
6. OUTER SPACE
7. PHYSICS
8. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
9. SOLAR PHYSICS
10. SOLAR SYSTEM
11. Space Exploration and Astronautics
12. SPACE PHYSICS
13. SUN
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| I12916 |
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| Title | Solar-Terrestrial Relations : From Solar Activity to Heliobiology |
| Author(s) | Miroshnichenko, Leonty |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2023. |
| Description | XV, 231 p. 99 illus., 39 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This books presents a brief review of modern concepts of the Sun-Earth problem and proposed physical mechanisms of solar-terrestrial relations (STR). This field covers a wide range of fundamental and actual applied problems of paramount importance (Space Weather, radiation hazard in space, functioning of space-borne and ground-based technological systems, heliobiology etc.). It is also closely tied with some general gnosiological problems. The author provides state-of-the-art information about existing problems and discusses different channels for extraterrestrial influences at the up-to-date level: electromagnetic waves and fields, total solar irradiance, solar wind, energetic solar particles, galactic cosmic rays, cosmic dust, etc. Some of the well-known and suggested STR effects and corresponding physical mechanisms are illustrated by several examples. In particular, a number of different external ???signals??? in observed changes of terrestrial climate and weather are considered. Especially, an expected impact of geophysical disturbances on the accuracy of some precise physical measurements and experiments is analysed. Due attention is paid to the heliobiological aspects of STR. Particular emphasis is on the multifactor nature of magneto-biological effect (MBE), its non-stationary and non-linear behaviour. The author also discusses main features of different physical mechanisms (electromagnetic fields, ionising radiation, triggers, rhythmic and resonances in solar-terrestrial systems) and their applicability to the Sun-Earth problem. The most of them are still needed in more sophisticated theoretical development and experimental confirmation. The main goals of interdisciplinary studies in this field are to determine partial impacts of solar-geomagnetic variability on the terrestrial environments and estimate (separate) relative contributions of different factors into various STR phenomena. The book is based on lectures given on advanced undergraduate level and will also benefit newcomers (physicists and engineers) to the field |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031225482 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astrophysical Plasma
2. Earth and Environmental Sciences
3. EARTH SCIENCES
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GEOGRAPHY
6. PLANETARY SCIENCE
7. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
8. SOLAR PHYSICS
9. SOLAR SYSTEM
10. SPACE PHYSICS
11. SUN
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| I12711 |
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| Title | Physics of Earth???s Radiation Belts : Theory and Observations |
| Author(s) | Koskinen, Hannu E. J;Kilpua, Emilia K. J |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XX, 272 p. 71 illus., 59 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This open access book serves as textbook on the physics of the radiation belts surrounding the Earth. Discovered in 1958 the famous Van Allen Radiation belts were among the first scientific discoveries of the Space Age. Throughout the following decades the belts have been under intensive investigation motivated by the risks of radiation hazards they expose to electronics and humans on spacecraft in the Earth???s inner magnetosphere. This textbook teaches the field from basic theory of particles and plasmas to observations which culminated in the highly successful Van Allen Probes Mission of NASA in 2012-2019. Using numerous data examples the authors explain the relevant concepts and theoretical background of the extremely complex radiation belt region, with the emphasis on giving a comprehensive and coherent understanding of physical processes affecting the dynamics of the belts. The target audience are doctoral students and young researchers who wish to learn about the physical processes underlying the acceleration, transport and loss of the radiation belt particles in the perspective of the state-of-the-art observations |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030821678 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. Astrophysical Plasma
5. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GEOPHYSICS
9. PLANETARY SCIENCE
10. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
11. PLASMA WAVES
12. Waves, instabilities and nonlinear plasma dynamics
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| Title | Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays in High-Metallicity Astrophysical Environments |
| Author(s) | M??ller, Ana Laura |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XVI, 131 p. 43 illus., 42 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis addresses the feasibility of the production of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays in starburst galaxies and active galactic nuclei. These astrophysical objects were theoretically proposed as candidate sources a long time ago. Nevertheless, the interest in them has been recently renewed due to the observational data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. In this work, a comprehensive review of the current status of the research on cosmic rays accelerators is provided, along with a summary of the principal concepts needed to connect these relativistic particles with electromagnetic and neutrino observations in the multi-messenger era. On one hand, the hypothesis of accelerating particles with energies above 10????? eV in starburst superwinds is carefully revisited, taking into account the constraints imposed by the most recent electromagnetic observations. On the other hand, an alternative new model for the gamma emission of the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068 is presented. The implications of the results of these studies are discussed in terms of the contemporary observatories and prospects for future experiments are offered |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031103063 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Astrophysical Plasma
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. PARTICLE PHYSICS
8. PARTICLES (NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
9. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
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| Title | Kappa Distributions : From Observational Evidences via Controversial Predictions to a Consistent Theory of Nonequilibrium Plasmas |
| Author(s) | Lazar, Marian;Fichtner, Horst |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | VII, 330 p. 112 illus., 93 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents recent results on the modelling of space plasmas with Kappa distributions and their interpretation. Hot and dilute space plasmas most often do not reach thermal equilibrium, their dynamics being essentially conditioned by the kinetic effects of plasma particles, i.e., electrons, protons, and heavier ions. Deviations from thermal equilibrium shown by these plasma particles are often described by Kappa distributions. Although well-known, these distributions are still controversial in achieving a statistical characterization and a physical interpretation of non-equilibrium plasmas. The results of the Kappa modelling presented here mark a significant progress with respect to all these aspects and open perspectives to understanding the high-resolution data collected by the new generation of telescopes and spacecraft missions. The book is directed to the large community of plasma astrophysics, including graduate students and specialists from associated disciplines, given the palette of the proposed topics reaching from applications to the solar atmosphere and the solar wind, via linear and quasilinear modelling of multi-species plasmas and waves within, to the fundamental physics of nonequilibrium plasmas |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030826239 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astrophysical Plasma
2. ASTROPHYSICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
6. SOLAR SYSTEM
7. SPACE PHYSICS
8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium |
| Author(s) | Carraro, Giovanni |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XI, 356 p. 55 illus., 16 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is based on a series of lectures for an Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) master???s degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology at Padova University. From the cold molecular phase in which stars and planetary systems form, to the very hot coronal gas that surrounds galaxies and galaxy clusters, the ISM is everywhere. Studying its properties is vital for the exploration of virtually any field in astronomy and cosmology. These notes give the student a coherent and accurate mathematical and physical approach, with continuous references to the real ISM in galaxies. The book is divided into three parts. Part One introduces the equations of fluid dynamics for a system at rest and acoustic waves, and then explores the real ISM through the role of thermal conduction and viscosity, concluding with a discussion of shock waves and turbulence. In Part Two, the electromagnetic field is switched on and its role in modulating shock waves and contrasting gravity is studied. Part Three describes dust and its properties, followed by the main stellar sources of energy. The last two chapters respectively address the various components of the ISM and molecular clouds and star formation |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030752934 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ACOUSTICS
2. Astrophysical Plasma
3. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ELECTRODYNAMICS
7. FLUIDS
8. Magnetic and inertial plasma confinement
9. PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
10. PLASMA CONFINEMENT
11. PLASMA WAVES
12. Soft condensed matter
13. Waves, instabilities and nonlinear plasma dynamics
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