TY - BOOK ID - 77861761 TI - Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence PY - 2003 SN - 1107132282 1280418419 9786610418411 0511169914 0511206054 0511064217 0511326599 0511535228 0511072678 9780511064210 9780511072673 9780511535222 9781280418419 0521810116 9780521810111 9780511057885 0511057881 9780521052535 052105253X PB - Cambridge, U.K. New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities. KW - Particle accelerators -- Congresses. KW - Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Congresses. KW - Turbulence. KW - Flow, Turbulent KW - Turbulent flow KW - Fluid dynamics KW - Hydromagnetic instabilities KW - Instabilities, Magnetohydrodynamic KW - MHD instabilities KW - Magnetohydrodynamics KW - Plasma instabilities KW - Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities KW - Turbulence KW - Instabilités magnétohydrodynamiques UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77861761 AB - This 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. ER -