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NEW PUBLICATION   

ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS AND FLUIDS   

By   

Vinod Krishan   
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India   

Astrophysics and space science Library 235   

Abstract: This book is a valuable introduction to astrophyscial plasmas and fluids for graduate students of astronomy preparing either for a research career in the field or just aspiring to achieve a decent degree of familiarity with 99% of the cosmos.

The contents provide a true representation of the phenomenal diversity of dominant roles that plasmas and fluids play in the near and far reaches of the universe. The breadth of coverage of basic physical processes is a particularly attractive feature of this text book. By first using the Liouville equation to derive the kinetic, the two-fluid and single-fluid, descriptions of a plasma and a fluid, and then demonstrating the use of these descriptions for specific situations in the rest of the book, the author has probably chosen the most efficient way of handling this large technical subject. The two major astrophysical issues, fluid or plasma configurations and their radiative signatures, figure prominently througout the book. The problems are designed to give the reader a feel for the quantititative properties of celestial objects.

Contents:

1. Plasma - The Universal State of Matter, 2. Statistical Description of a Many-Body System. 3. Particle and Fluid Motions in Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields. 4. Magnetohydrodynamics of Conducting Fluids. 5. Two-Fluid Descriptions of plasma. 6. Kinetic Description of Plasmas. 7. Nonconducting Astrophysical Fluids. 8. Physical Constants. 9. Astrophyscial Quantities. 10. Differential Operators. 11. Characteristic Numbers for Fluids. 12. Acknowledgement for Figures. Index.

‘This book is an excellent introduction and fills an important niche. This book has an excellent chance to attract a large audience. An added bonus is the wonderful final hapter on neutral fluid dynamics. The emphasis on turbulence is an excellent corrective to the usual laminar approach to fluid dynamics. The tone of this text is unique. The organization is excellent and the coverage very appropriate for an introductory text’.

Paul J.Wiita, Georgia State University, USA.

November 1998, 372 pp.   
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-5312-9   
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