The plasma universe [electronic resource] / Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xii, 76 p. : col. ill., portsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 530.44 22
LOC classification:
  • QC718 .S85 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Fourth State of Matter -- Same But Different -- What's In a Name? -- Irving Langmuir -- Forces and Feedbacks -- 2. Music and Dance of Plasmas -- Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations) -- Alfven Waves Down the Line -- Rough Ride from the Sun -- Hannes Alfven -- 3. Sun-Earth Connection -- Lighting Up the Solar System -- Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire -- New Views of the Sun -- Blast from the Mass -- Mighty Wind -- Eugene N. Parker -- 4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Bottles -- Fusion by Light -- Just a Pinch -- Marshall Rosenbluth -- 5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs -- Shaping Up -- Going to Extremes -- Discs and Holes -- Jet Propulsion -- In the Firing Line -- 6. Putting Plasmas to Work -- Plasma to Read By -- Walls of Light -- Withdrawal and Deposits -- Plasmas and Human Health -- When Push Comes to Shove.
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Includes index.

1. Fourth State of Matter -- Same But Different -- What's In a Name? -- Irving Langmuir -- Forces and Feedbacks -- 2. Music and Dance of Plasmas -- Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations) -- Alfven Waves Down the Line -- Rough Ride from the Sun -- Hannes Alfven -- 3. Sun-Earth Connection -- Lighting Up the Solar System -- Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire -- New Views of the Sun -- Blast from the Mass -- Mighty Wind -- Eugene N. Parker -- 4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Bottles -- Fusion by Light -- Just a Pinch -- Marshall Rosenbluth -- 5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs -- Shaping Up -- Going to Extremes -- Discs and Holes -- Jet Propulsion -- In the Firing Line -- 6. Putting Plasmas to Work -- Plasma to Read By -- Walls of Light -- Withdrawal and Deposits -- Plasmas and Human Health -- When Push Comes to Shove.

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