Plasma Astrophysics

Graduate level textbook in advanced physics and astrophysics for courses that treats an overview of the relatively new field of plasma astrophysics, that includes space plasma physics, solar physics, especially studies of celestial objects, phenomena, and their evolution.

Author: Toshi Tajima, Kazunari Shibata
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 01/25/2002
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.92w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780813339962

About the Author
Toshiki Tajima is Director General at the Kansai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Kyoto. He was formerly the Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include accelerator physics and computational physics. He is co-author with Kazunari Shibata, of Plasma Astrophysics. Toshiki Tajima is professor of physics and computational and applied mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a member of the Institute for Fusion Studies. His research interests include accelerator physics and computational physics. Kazunari Shibata is associate professor of Astronomy at the National Astronomical Observatory in Tokyoo. He has taught a series of lectures on plasma astrophysics at Osaka University, the University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University. His interests include solar physics, X-ray astronomy, and magnetohydrodynamic astrophysics.