This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of magnetic field line reconnection, now a major subject in plasma physics. Biskamp focuses on the various reconnection mechanisms dominating magnetic processes under the different plasma conditions encountered in astrophysical systems and in laboratory fusion devices. The book consists of two major parts: the first deals with the classical resistive approach, while the second presents an overview of weakly collisional or collisionless plasmas. Applications primarily concern astrophysical phenomena and dynamo theory, with emphasis...

This monograph presents a comprehensive description of the theoretical foundations and experimental applications of spectroscopic methods in plasma physics research. The first three chapters introduce the classical and quantum theory of radiation, with detailed descriptions of line strengths and high density effects. The next chapter describes theoretical and experimental aspects of spectral line broadening. The following five chapters are concerned with continuous spectra, level kinetics and cross sections, thermodynamic equilibrium relations, radiative energy transfer, and radiative energy...

to Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering by K. I. Hopcraft Department of Theoretical Mechanics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U. K. and P. R. Smith Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Technology, Loughborough, U. K. Springer-Science+Business Media, B. V. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hopcraft, K. I. An lntroductlon to electromagnetic inverse scattering I by K. I. Hopcraft and P. R. Smith. p. cm. -- (Developments in electromagnetic theory and application; 7) Includes blbliographical references and index. ISBN 978.90.481.4070.1 1....