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ISBN
9783540664659

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
ISBN-10
3540664653
ISBN-13
9783540664659
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1696948

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xv, 519 Pages
Publication Name
Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Subject
Physics / Astrophysics, Space Science, Physics / Nuclear
Type
Textbook
Author
Reinhard Schlickeiser
Subject Area
Science
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
37.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-089515
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:"This excellent book is the most complete development of cosmic ray astrophysics theory published. It is aimed at current researchers and commencing postgraduate students. … One of the great benefits of this book is the explicit description of all the assumptions that are made and the limitations they imply on interpretations from the theory. This makes the book particularly valuable for postgraduate students and established researchers starting in the field." (M.L. Duldig, The Physicist, Vol.39 (3), 2002), From the reviews of the first edition: "This excellent book is the most complete development of cosmic ray astrophysics theory published. It is aimed at current researchers and commencing postgraduate students. ... One of the great benefits of this book is the explicit description of all the assumptions that are made and the limitations they imply on interpretations from the theory. This makes the book particularly valuable for postgraduate students and established researchers starting in the field." (M.L. Duldig, The Physicist, Vol.39 (3), 2002), From the reviews of the first edition: "This excellent book is the most complete development of cosmic ray astrophysics theory published. It is aimed at current researchers and commencing postgraduate students. a? One of the great benefits of this book is the explicit description of all the assumptions that are made and the limitations they imply on interpretations from the theory. This makes the book particularly valuable for postgraduate students and established researchers starting in the field." (M.L. Duldig, The Physicist, Vol.39 (3), 2002), From the reviews of the first edition: "This excellent book is the most complete development of cosmic ray astrophysics theory published. It is aimed at current researchers and commencing postgraduate students. … One of the great benefits of this book is the explicit description of all the assumptions that are made and the limitations they imply on interpretations from the theory. This makes the book particularly valuable for postgraduate students and established researchers starting in the field." (M.L. Duldig, The Physicist, Vol.39 (3), 2002)
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
523.0197223
Table Of Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Cosmic Rays as Part of the Universe.- 3. Direct Observations of Cosmic Rays.- 4. Interactions of Cosmic Ray Electrons.- 5. Interactions of Cosmic Ray Nuclei.- 6. Indirect Observations of Cosmic Rays.- 7. Immediate Consequences of Galactic Cosmic Ray Observations.- 8. Statistical Mechanics of Charged Particles.- 9. Test Wave Approach 1. Waves in Cold Magnetized Plasmas.- 10. Test Wave Approach 2. Waves in Hot Magnetized Isotropic Plasmas.- 11. Test Wave Approach 3. Generation of Plasma Waves.- 12. Test Particle Approach 1. Hierarchy of Transport Equations.- 13. Test Particle Approach 2. Calculation of Transport Parameters.- 14. Acceleration and Transport Processes of Cosmic Rays.- 15. Interplanetary Transport of Cosmic Ray Particles.- 16. Acceleration of Cosmic Ray Particles at Shock Waves.- 17. Galactic Cosmic Rays.- 18. Formation of Cosmic Ray Momentum Spectra.- 19. Summary and Outlook.- Append.- A. Radiation Transport.- B. Conductivity Tensor in a Hot Magnetized Plasma.- B.1 The General Case.- B.2 Isotropic Distribution Functions.- C. Calculation of the Integral (10.3.10).- References.- Illustration Credits.
Synopsis
Providing an exhaustive account of the origin and dynamics of cosmic rays, this volume is divided into three parts. First, it gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data, then deals with the kinetic description of cosmic ray plasma. The underlying diffusion-convection transport equation, which governs the coupling between cosmic rays and the background plasma, is derived and analyzed in detail. In the third part, several applications of the solutions of the transport equation are presented and how key observations in cosmic ray physics can be accounted for is demonstrated. While primarily of interest to scientists working at the forefront of research, the very careful derivations and explanations make this a suitable introduction for graduates., This book is based on aseries of lectures that were given at the universities of Bonn and Bochum to undergraduate and graduate students from the de­ partments of physics and astronomy. The book is intended as an introduction to the physics and astrophysics of cosmic rays. I am grateful to many colleagues, friends and students for their sup­ port and encouragement. I am especially grateful to the undergraduate and graduate students for whom I have been thesis advisor: their work appears throughout these pages. The list includes Ulrich Achatz, Markus Böttcher, Andre Crusius-Wätzel, Wolfgang Dröge, Rüciiger Dung, Uwe Jaekel, Mein­ hard Kneller, Harald Lesch, Hartmut Mause, Martin Pohl, Olaf Stawicki, Adriane Steinacker, Jürgen Steinacker and Ralf WeyeI'. Moreover, I want to thank Rainer Beck, Elly Berkhujsen, Ed Churchwell, Karl Mannheim, Wolfgang Reich, Manfred Simon alld Richard Wielebinski for carefully reading parts of the manuscript and for their valuable sugges­ tions. I especially wish to thank lan Lerche for his meticulous reading of the whole book and valuable comments, corrections and suggestions to improve the presentation. Needless to say, all remaining errors are my own., In the first part, the book gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data. In the second part, it deals with the kinetic description of cosmic ray plasma. The underlying diffusion-convection transport equation, which governs the coupling between cosmic rays and the background plasma, is derived and analyzed in detail. In the third part, several applications of the solutions of the transport equation are presented and how key observations in cosmic ray physics can be accounted for is demonstrated.
LC Classification Number
QB460-466

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