Plasmas in the laboratory and in the universe : new insights and new challenges, Como, Italy, 16-19 September 2003 / editors, Giuseppe Bertin, Daniela Farina, Roberto Pozzoli.

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Melville, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, 2004.
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xiii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Contents
    • Basic Plasma Processes
    • Plasma Accretion Disks: Equilibrium Configurations and the Case for Tri-Dimensional Collective Modes / B. Coppi 3
    • Breaking of Vortex and Magnetic Field Lines in Hydrodynamics and MHD / E.A. Kuznetsov 16
    • Electron Magnetohydrodynamics and Magnetic Field/Current Transport in Chaotic Media / A. Kingsep 26
    • Secondary Instabilities in Two-Dimensional Collisionless Magnetic Field Line Reconnection in a Fluid Plasma / F. Pegoraro, D. Del Sarto, F. Califano 36
    • Transsonic Instabilities in Tokamaks and Astrophysical Accretion Flows / J.P. Goedbloed, A.J.C. Belien, B. van der Holst, R. Keppens 42
    • Coherent Structures in the ELTRAP Experiment / G. Bettega, F. Cavaliere, M. Cavenago, F. De Luca, A. Illiberi, I. Kotelnikov, R. Pozzoli, M. Rome, Y. Tsidulko 48
    • Competition between Coalescence and Three-Dimensional Instabilities / R.B. Dahlburg, G. Einaudi 54
    • Interaction of Charged Particles with Strong Electromagnetic Waves in the Radiation Dominated Regime / S.V. Bulanov, T.Z. Esirkepov, A.V. Isanin, F.F. Kamenets, J. Koga, F. Pegoraro, T. Tajima 60
    • Highly Ionised Heavy Ion Plasmas / M. Cavenago 66
    • Convection Dominated Angular Momentum Transport in Non-Ideal Accretion Flow / D. Skandera 72
    • Analytical Solutions for Reconnective Magnetic Annihilation / E. Tassi, V.S. Titov, G. Hornig 76
    • Nonlinear Evolution of High Frequency Electrostatic Waves in a Magnetized Plasma: Bernstein-Landau Paradox Revisited / F. Valentini, P. Veltri, A. Mangeney 80
    • Phase Space Flights in Nonlinear Landau Damping / F. Valentini, V. Carbone, P. Veltri, A. Mangeney 84
    • Parametric Instabilities in Magnetized Bi-Ion and Dusty Plasmas / N.F. Cramer, M.P. Hertzberg, S.V. Vladimirov 88
    • Waves in Bounded Dusty Plasma / J. Vranjes, S. Poedts 92
    • The Effects of Image Charge on Waves in Dusty Plasma / J. Vranjes, S. Poedts 96
    • Dusty Plasmas / U. de Angelis 100
    • Boundary Values of Some Glow Plasmas / J. Lartigue, B. Sanchez, G. Cisneros 104
    • Space Plasmas, Planetary Plasmas, and the Heliosphere
    • Propagation and Modulation of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere / B. Heber 111
    • Cross-Field Particle Diffusion in a Collisionless Plasma: A Nonresonant and a Resonant Mechanism / B.T. Tsurutani, G. Lakhina 123
    • Intermittency in MHD Turbulence: Solar Wind Observations and Coronal Nanoflares Modelling / P. Veltri 133
    • The Acceleration and Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles / S. Dalla 143
    • Relationship among Pc5 Micropulsations, Auroral Activity and Relativistic Electrons: Preliminary Observations / P. Ballatore 149
    • Generation of Suprathermal Electron Tails in the Solar Wind / F. Califano, A. Mangeney 153
    • Out-of-Ecliptic Quiet Time MeV Electron Increases: Ulysses COSPIN/KET Observations / B. Heber, S.E.S. Ferreira, H. Fichtner, M.S. Potgieter, V.K. Henize, R. Kissmann, D.M. Moeketsi 157
    • Solar and Stellar Plasmas
    • Toward Understanding the Sun's Magnetic Fields and Their Effects / A. Title 163
    • Solar and Stellar Dynamos / L. Paterno 174
    • Solar and Stellar Plasmas / J.H.M.M. Schmitt 184
    • Aspects of Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics in the Solar Corona / G. Einaudi, A.F. Rappazzo, M. Velli, R.B. Dahlburg 193
    • Magnetic Coupling between the Solar Surface and Corona: Theory and Observations / M. Ryutova, R. Shine 203
    • Probing Plasma Structures and Dynamics Inside the Sun / A.G. Kosovichev 209
    • Diagnostics of Coronal Plasma / A.C. Lanzafame 215
    • A Coronal Loop RMHD Shell Model for Turbulence Generated Nanoflares / G. Nigro, F. Malara, V. Carbone, P. Veltri 219
    • A Simple Topological Model of the Bastille Day Flare (2000, July 14) / I.V. Oreshina, B.V. Somov 223
    • Plasmas Around Compact Objects
    • Magnetohydrodynamic Origin of Jets from Accretion Disks / R.V.E. Lovelace, M.M. Romanova 229
    • Accretion Flows around Stellar Mass Black Holes and Neutron Stars / D. Barret 238
    • From Hydrodynamical Instability to Turbulent Viscosity in Accretion Disks / A.M. Fridman, A.A. Boyarchuk, D.V. Bisikalo, O.A. Kuznetsov, Y.M. Torgashin, A.A. Kilpio 250
    • Emission Processes in Quiescent Neutron Star Transients / S. Campana 260
    • Testing the Locality of Transport in Self-Gravitating Accretion Discs / G. Lodato, W.K.M. Rice 266
    • Helicity-Constraint Dynamo Process around Supermassive Black Holes / Z. Ma 272
    • Free-Free Absorption Effects on Eddington Luminosity / L. Ciotti, J.P. Ostriker 276
    • Ion-Acoustic Type Instability in Protoplanetary Disk / S.A. Nikitin, V.N. Snytnikov, V.A. Vshivkov 280
    • Magnetic Fields in Protoplanetary and Galactic Disks / S.A. Nikitin, V.N. Snytnikov, V.A. Vshivkov 284
    • Plasmas in Galaxies
    • Plasmas in Galaxies: Ionized Gas in Elliptical Galaxies / W.B. Sparks 291
    • Gamma Ray Bursts and Radio Loud Active Galactic Nuclei / G. Ghisellini 300
    • 3-D Simulations of MHD Jets
    • The Stability Problem / M. Nakamura, D.L. Meier 308
    • Slow Evolution of Quasi-collisionless Systems of Stars Induced by Dynamical Friction on a Minority Population of Heavier Objects / G. Bertin, T. Liseikina, F. Pegoraro 314
    • Dynamical Properties of a Family of Collisionless Models of Elliptical Galaxies / G. Bertin, M. Trenti 318
    • Self-consistent Stellar Dynamical Tori / L. Ciotti, G. Bertin, P. Londrillo 322
    • Crushing of Interstellar Gas Clouds in Supernova Remnants: The Role of Thermal Conduction and Radiative Losses / G. Peres, S. Orlando, F. Reale, R. Rosner, T. Plewa, A. Siegel 326
    • Diagnostics of Plasma Properties in Broad Line Region of AGNs / L.C. Popovic 330
    • Plasmas in Clusters of Galaxies
    • Heating, Cooling and Transport Processes in Cluster Cores / A.C. Fabian 337
    • The Intra-Cluster Medium / S. Molendi 345
    • The Intracluster Plasma: Probing Its Amount and Thermal State in X-rays and in [mu] waves / A. Lapi, A. Cavaliere, G. De Zotti 355
    • Sunyaev-Zeldovich Observations of Massive Clusters of Galaxies / P. Gomez, A.K. Romer, J.B. Peterson, W. Chase, M. Runyan, W. Holzapfel, C.L. Kuo, M. Newcomb, J. Ruhl, J. Goldstein, A. Lange 361
    • The Role of Compton Heating in Cluster Cooling Flows / L. Ciotti, J.P. Ostriker, S. Pellegrini 367
    • Cosmological Plasmas
    • The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect as a Probe of the Galaxy Formation Process / G. De Zotti, C. Burigana, A. Cavaliere, L. Danese, G.L. Granato, A. Lapi, P. Platania, L. Silva 375
    • Current Status and Perspectives of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations / M. Bersanelli, D. Maino, A. Mennella 385
    • Formation of Cold Fronts in Mergers of Massive Galaxy Clusters / H. Mathis, G. Lavaux, J.M. Diego, J. Silk 391
    • Cosmological Implications of Future CMB Spectrum Experiments / C. Burigana, R. Salvaterra, A. Zizzo 397
    • The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA PLANCK Mission / A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, B. Cappellini, D. Maino, P. Platania, S. Garavaglia, R.C. Butler, N. Mandolesi, F. Pasian, O. D'Arcangelo, A. Simonetto, C. Sozzi 401
    • Probing Galactic Plasma with Radio Measurements / P. Platania, R. Paladini, B. Cappellini, D. Maino, C. Burigana, M. Bersanelli, A. Mennella 405
    • Probable Astrophysical and Cosmological Implications of Observed Self-Similarity of Skeletal Structures in the Range 10[superscript -5] cm
    • 10[superscript 23] cm / A.B. Kukushkin, V.A. Rantsev-Kartinov 409
    • Testing Plasma Astrophysics in the Laboratory
    • Eagle Nebula: the Problem of Missing Stiffness and the Hypothesis of Magnetostatic Turbulence / D.D. Ryutov, J.O. Kane, A. Mizuta, M.W. Pound, B.A. Remington 415
    • Simulating Solar and Astrophysical Plasmas in Laboratory Experiments and New Models Motivated by these Experiments / P.M. Bellan, S.C. Hsu, J.F. Hansen, S.K. Tripathi, S. You, S.E. Pracko 425
    • Modeling of Flare-Type Phenomena in Laboratory Experiments with Current Sheets / A.G. Frank, S.Y. Bogdanov, N.P. Kyrie, V.S. Markov 431
    • Measurements of Magnetic Fluctuations in Magnetic Reconnection Experiment / H. Ji, M. Yamada, S. Terry, R. Kulsrud, Y. Ren, A. Kuritsyn 437
    • Laboratory Modeling of Radiatively Cooled Jets Using Conical Wire Array Z-pinches / D.J. Ampleford, S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, J.P. Chittenden, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J. Rapley, M. Sherlock, C. Jennings, A. Frank, T. Gardiner 443
    • Laboratory Astrophysics: 2D and 3D Numerical Modeling of Jets and Flows Produced in Wire Array Experiments / A. Ciardi, S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, J.P. Chittenden, S.N. Bland, M. Sherlock, J. Rapley, S.C. Bott, C. Jennings 447
    • Spiral Pattern Formation in a Rotating Laboratory Plasma / M.Y. Tanaka, M. Kono 451
    • Millimeterwave Techniques for Fusion Plasmas and for Experimental Cosmology / A. Simonetto, C. Sozzi, O. D'Arcangelo, V. Muzzini, S. Garavaglia, F. Villa, M. Sandri, L. Valenziano, F. Cuttaia, M. Bersanelli, A. Mennella, P. Guzzi 455.
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