Waves in Plasmas"Blurb & Contents" "The reader is treated to constantly refreshing and engaging commentary and opinion that always informs....As she depicts them, the problems of the universe are always fascinating and, most of all, they are alive and compelling." David DeVorkin, Sky & Telescope Virginia Trimble offers readers a fascinating and accessible tour of the stars. An astronomer with shared appointments in California and Maryland, the author ranges over a large portion of the universe as she discusses the search for life on other planets, how galaxies form, why stars explode and die, and the nature of the elusive dark matter in the universe. She also explains the astronomical significance of Cheeps' pyramid and leads the reader through scientific speculation about what and when the Star of Bethlehem might have been. Throughout, Trimble points to the exciting unanswered questions that still perplex the field and considers the formidable tasks to be faced by the next generation of young astronomers. |
Contents
II | 1 |
III | 3 |
IV | 7 |
V | 9 |
VI | 11 |
VII | 12 |
VIII | 14 |
IX | 18 |
LXXXVIII | 242 |
LXXXIX | 247 |
XC | 250 |
XCI | 252 |
XCII | 257 |
XCIII | 265 |
XCIV | 266 |
XCV | 270 |
X | 19 |
XI | 20 |
XII | 25 |
XIII | 26 |
XIV | 29 |
XV | 30 |
XVI | 32 |
XVII | 36 |
XVIII | 37 |
XIX | 40 |
XX | 47 |
XXI | 48 |
XXII | 50 |
XXIII | 54 |
XXIV | 57 |
XXV | 60 |
XXVI | 63 |
XXVII | 64 |
XXVIII | 69 |
XXIX | 70 |
XXX | 75 |
XXXI | 78 |
XXXII | 79 |
XXXIII | 82 |
XXXIV | 84 |
XXXV | 87 |
XXXVI | 91 |
XXXVII | 92 |
XXXVIII | 96 |
XXXIX | 97 |
XL | 105 |
XLII | 108 |
XLIII | 112 |
XLIV | 113 |
XLV | 115 |
XLVI | 117 |
XLVII | 118 |
XLVIII | 123 |
XLIX | 124 |
L | 126 |
LI | 128 |
LII | 131 |
LIII | 134 |
LIV | 137 |
LV | 141 |
LVI | 149 |
LVII | 151 |
LVIII | 152 |
LIX | 154 |
LX | 156 |
LXI | 159 |
LXII | 160 |
LXIII | 163 |
LXIV | 169 |
LXV | 170 |
LXVI | 175 |
LXVII | 177 |
LXVIII | 178 |
LXIX | 182 |
LXX | 184 |
LXXI | 186 |
LXXII | 190 |
LXXIII | 191 |
LXXIV | 193 |
LXXV | 196 |
LXXVI | 199 |
LXXVII | 202 |
LXXVIII | 207 |
LXXIX | 217 |
LXXX | 218 |
LXXXI | 220 |
LXXXII | 224 |
LXXXIII | 225 |
LXXXIV | 229 |
LXXXV | 237 |
LXXXVII | 238 |
XCVI | 273 |
XCVII | 276 |
XCVIII | 278 |
XCIX | 285 |
C | 288 |
CI | 292 |
CII | 294 |
CIII | 305 |
CIV | 306 |
CV | 308 |
CVI | 312 |
CVII | 317 |
CVIII | 324 |
CIX | 327 |
CX | 328 |
CXI | 332 |
CXII | 333 |
CXIII | 339 |
CXIV | 340 |
CXV | 343 |
CXVI | 346 |
CXVII | 348 |
CXVIII | 349 |
CXIX | 352 |
CXX | 354 |
CXXI | 358 |
CXXII | 360 |
CXXIII | 369 |
CXXIV | 373 |
CXXV | 383 |
CXXVI | 384 |
CXXVII | 386 |
CXXVIII | 390 |
CXXIX | 394 |
CXXX | 398 |
CXXXI | 402 |
CXXXII | 406 |
CXXXIII | 413 |
CXXXIV | 414 |
CXXXV | 417 |
CXXXVI | 422 |
CXXXVII | 430 |
CXXXVIII | 431 |
CXXXIX | 434 |
CXL | 436 |
CXLI | 445 |
CXLII | 447 |
CXLIII | 452 |
CXLIV | 455 |
CXLV | 457 |
CXLVI | 458 |
CXLVII | 461 |
CXLVIII | 465 |
CXLIX | 471 |
CL | 477 |
CLI | 485 |
CLII | 488 |
CLIII | 490 |
CLIV | 492 |
CLV | 493 |
CLVI | 494 |
CLVII | 499 |
CLVIII | 501 |
CLIX | 503 |
CLX | 506 |
CLXI | 510 |
CLXII | 513 |
CLXIII | 515 |
CLXIV | 521 |
CLXV | 522 |
CLXVI | 524 |
CLXVII | 528 |
CLXVIII | 531 |
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Common terms and phrases
absorption Alfvén waves amplitude analysis antenna approximation asymptotic B₁ beam Bernstein calculation coefficients cold-plasma collisional collisions component contour contribution convective convective instability corresponding cos² cyclotron frequency density dispersion relation distribution function drift waves electric field electromagnetic energy evaluated finite first-order fluid Fourier given in Eq group velocity gyrophase inhomogeneous instability integrand ion cyclotron waves ions and electrons k₁ kinetic Landau damping linear loss-cone magnetic field Maxwellian mode motion obtain occurs parameter particles perpendicular perturbation Phys plasma oscillations plasma wave polarization Prob propagation quasilinear quasilinear diffusion region resonant particles saddle point singular solution space susceptibilities T. H. Stix term in Eq theory tion tokamak trajectory v₁ valid values vector velocity distribution Vlasov Vlasov equation wave equation wave normal surface wavelength zero zero-order ΚΩ