Cosmic Plasma (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 82)

Alfvèn, H.

ISBN 10: 9027711518 / ISBN 13: 9789027711519

Published by Springer, 1981

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cosmic Plasma (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 82)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027711518
• ISBN 13: 9789027711519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The general background of this monograph and the aim of it is described in detail in Chapter I. As stated in 1.7 it is written according to the principle that "when rigour appears to conflict with simplicity, simplicity is given preference", which means that it is intended for a rather broad public. Not only graduate students but also advanced undergraduates should be able to understand at least most of it. This monograph is the result of many years of inspiring discussions with a number of colleagues, for which I want to thank them very much. Especially I should mention the groups in Stockholm and La Jolla: in Stockholm, Dr Carl-Gunne Flilthammar and many of his collaborators, including Drs Lars Block, Per Carlqvist, Lennart lindberg, Michael Raadu, Staffan Torven, Miroslav Babic, and Itlgvar Axniis, and further, Drs Bo Lehnert and Bjorn Bonnevier, all at the Royal Institute of Technology. Of other col­ leagues in Sweden, I should mention Dr Bertel Laurent, Stockholm University, Dr Aina Elvius, The Stockholm Observatory, and Dr Bengt Hultqvist, Kiruna. In La Jolla my thanks go first of all to Dr Gustaf Arrhenius, who once invited me to La Jolla, which was the start of a most interesting collaboration; further, to Dr W. B.