The plasma universe
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Table of 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.