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100			_aDieter Biskamp
245			_aMagnetohydrodynamic turbulence
260			_bCambridge University Press, _aCambridge, U.K. ; _c[c2003]
300			_a297 p.
505			_aPreface 1. Introduction 2. Magnetohydrodynamics 3. Transition to turbulence 4. Macroscopic turbulence theory 5. Spectral properties and phenomenology 6. Two-point-closure theory 7. Intermittency 8. Two-dimensional turbulence 9. Compressible turbulence and turbulent convection 10. Turbulence in the solar wind 11. Turbulence in accretion disks 12. Interstellar turbulence References Index.
520			_aThis book presents an introduction to, and modern account of, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, an active field both in general turbulence theory and in various areas of astrophysics. The book starts by introducing the MHD equations, certain useful approximations and the transition to turbulence. The second part of the book covers incompressible MHD turbulence, the macroscopic aspects connected with the different self-organization processes, the phenomenology of the turbulence spectra, two-point closure theory, and intermittency. The third considers two-dimensional turbulence and compressible (in particular, supersonic) turbulence. Because of the similarities in the theoretical approach, these chapters start with a brief account of the corresponding methods developed in hydrodynamic turbulence. The final part of the book is devoted to astrophysical applications: turbulence in the solar wind, in accretion disks, and in the interstellar medium. This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers working in turbulence theory, plasma physics and astrophysics.--- summary provided by the publisher
650			_aMagnetohydrodynamic instabilities
650			_aTurbulence
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