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In this book, a distinguished expert introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. Plasmas are ionized gases that can be found in a hydrogen bomb explosion, the confinement chamber of an experimental fusion reactor, the solar corona, the aurora borealis, the interstellar medium, and the immediate vicinity of a gravitational black hole. Not surprisingly, plasma physics appears to consist of numerous topics arising independently from astrophysics, fusion physics, and other practical applications, and hence it remains a field poorly understood even by many astrophysicists. But, in fact, most of these topics can be approached from the same perspective, with a simple, physical intuition. Selecting simple examples and presenting them in a simultaneously intuitive and rigorous manner, Russell Kulsrud guides readers through a careful derivation of the results and allows them to think through the physics for themselves. Thus, they are better prepared for complex cases and more general results. The first eleven chapters present topics by their importance to plasma physics while the last three chapters emphasize the field's astrophysical applications, applying the results accrued earlier. Throughout, many problems illustrate the field's applications. Based on a course the author taught for many years, Plasma Physics for Astrophysics is intended for graduate students as well as for working astrophysicists.

Plasma astrophysics. --- Accretion disk. --- Alfven time. --- Bessel function. --- Braginski equations. --- Charge neutrality. --- Compression. --- Contour integration. --- Critical drift velocity. --- Dalembertian solution. --- Debye length. --- Downstream region. --- Earth's magnetic field. --- Entropy. --- Faraday rotation. --- Flux freezing. --- Guide field. --- Helicity spectrum. --- Impact parameter. --- Ion acoustic mode. --- Jump conditions. --- Laplace transform. --- Magnetic reconnection. --- Magnetic tension. --- Maxwell distribution. --- Ohm's law. --- Parallel viscosity. --- Quasi neutrality. --- Shocks. --- Solar flare. --- Topology.

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The book is devoted to the design, application and characterization of thin films and structures, with special emphasis on optical applications. It comprises ten papers—five featured and five regular—authored by scientists all over the world. Diverse materials are studied and their possible applications are demonstrated and discussed—transparent conductive coatings and structures from ZnO doped with Al and Ga and Ti-doped SnO2, polymers and nanosized zeolite thin films for optical sensing, TiO2 with linear and nonlinear optical properties, organic diamagnetic materials, broadband optical coatings, CrWN glass molding coatings, and silicon on insulator waveguides.

faraday rotation --- thin films --- magneto-optics --- organic material --- tolane derivatives --- optical coatings --- monitoring --- deposition --- titanium dioxide --- optical constants --- two-photon absorption --- nonlinear refraction --- scattering --- laser-induced deflection --- absorption measurement --- CrWN coatings --- microstructure evolution --- spinodal decomposition --- thermal stability --- hardness --- plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering --- sidewall roughness --- optical scattering loss --- silicon-on-insulator waveguide --- multilayer --- ZnO --- Ag --- TCO --- transmittance --- structure --- resistance --- SnO2 --- Ti-doped --- annealing temperature --- electrical resistivity --- optical sensors --- optical materials --- zeolites --- ellipsometry --- single wavelength ellipsometry --- spectroscopic ellipsometry --- poly(vinyl alcohol) copolymers --- humidity sensing --- Al-doped ZnO --- ALD technique --- transparent conductive layers --- LC display --- flexible PDLC devices --- transparent conductive coatings --- optical sensing --- broadband design --- linear and non-linear optical properties --- organic diamagnetic materials

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This book presents a collection of 13 original research articles that focus on the science of light–matter interaction. This area of science has been led to some the greatest accomplishments of the past 100 years, with the discovery of materials that perform useful operations by collecting light or generating light from an outside stimulus. These materials are at the center of a multitude of technologies that have permeated our daily life; every day we rely on quantum well lasers for telecommunication, organic light emitting diodes for our displays, complementary metal–oxide–semiconductors for our camera detectors, and of course a plethora of new photovoltaic cells that harvest sunlight to satisfy our energy needs. In this book, top-rated researchers present their latest findings in the field of nano-particles, plasmonics, semi-conductors, magneto-optics, and holography.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- faraday rotator material --- optical isolator --- transparent ceramics --- photopolymerizable --- thiol-ene network --- scratch-healing --- transparent --- dyeing --- unsaturated polyester resin --- azobenzene --- hologram --- aqueous dispersion --- plasmonic nanoparticles --- nonlinear acousto-optics --- nanofluids --- ultrasonic sensors --- silicon photonics --- optical waveguide --- smectic A liquid crystal (SALC) --- stimulated light scattering (SLS) --- holography --- photochromism --- diarylethenes --- refractive index --- CGH --- magnetic-optical bi-functional materials --- hydrothermal process --- down-conversion luminescence --- Na3FeF6:Tb3+ --- magnetic-luminescent structure --- hybrid system --- ternary quantum dots --- magnetic nanoparticles --- iron oxide --- calcium carbonate microspheres --- sensor --- nanoparticles --- silica shells --- metal nanoparticles --- gold-silver nanoshells --- core-shell nanoparticles --- magneto-optics --- mcd --- faraday rotation --- figure of merit --- polarization --- oxygen plasma treatment --- photopolymer --- temperature --- CTE --- thermal degradation --- hexagonal boron nitride --- photoluminescence --- cerium --- anti-counterfeiting --- crystals --- faraday rotator material --- optical isolator --- transparent ceramics --- photopolymerizable --- thiol-ene network --- scratch-healing --- transparent --- dyeing --- unsaturated polyester resin --- azobenzene --- hologram --- aqueous dispersion --- plasmonic nanoparticles --- nonlinear acousto-optics --- nanofluids --- ultrasonic sensors --- silicon photonics --- optical waveguide --- smectic A liquid crystal (SALC) --- stimulated light scattering (SLS) --- holography --- photochromism --- diarylethenes --- refractive index --- CGH --- magnetic-optical bi-functional materials --- hydrothermal process --- down-conversion luminescence --- Na3FeF6:Tb3+ --- magnetic-luminescent structure --- hybrid system --- ternary quantum dots --- magnetic nanoparticles --- iron oxide --- calcium carbonate microspheres --- sensor --- nanoparticles --- silica shells --- metal nanoparticles --- gold-silver nanoshells --- core-shell nanoparticles --- magneto-optics --- mcd --- faraday rotation --- figure of merit --- polarization --- oxygen plasma treatment --- photopolymer --- temperature --- CTE --- thermal degradation --- hexagonal boron nitride --- photoluminescence --- cerium --- anti-counterfeiting --- crystals

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The book is devoted to the design, application and characterization of thin films and structures, with special emphasis on optical applications. It comprises ten papers—five featured and five regular—authored by scientists all over the world. Diverse materials are studied and their possible applications are demonstrated and discussed—transparent conductive coatings and structures from ZnO doped with Al and Ga and Ti-doped SnO2, polymers and nanosized zeolite thin films for optical sensing, TiO2 with linear and nonlinear optical properties, organic diamagnetic materials, broadband optical coatings, CrWN glass molding coatings, and silicon on insulator waveguides.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- faraday rotation --- thin films --- magneto-optics --- organic material --- tolane derivatives --- optical coatings --- monitoring --- deposition --- titanium dioxide --- optical constants --- two-photon absorption --- nonlinear refraction --- scattering --- laser-induced deflection --- absorption measurement --- CrWN coatings --- microstructure evolution --- spinodal decomposition --- thermal stability --- hardness --- plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering --- sidewall roughness --- optical scattering loss --- silicon-on-insulator waveguide --- multilayer --- ZnO --- Ag --- TCO --- transmittance --- structure --- resistance --- SnO2 --- Ti-doped --- annealing temperature --- electrical resistivity --- optical sensors --- optical materials --- zeolites --- ellipsometry --- single wavelength ellipsometry --- spectroscopic ellipsometry --- poly(vinyl alcohol) copolymers --- humidity sensing --- Al-doped ZnO --- ALD technique --- transparent conductive layers --- LC display --- flexible PDLC devices --- transparent conductive coatings --- optical sensing --- broadband design --- linear and non-linear optical properties --- organic diamagnetic materials --- faraday rotation --- thin films --- magneto-optics --- organic material --- tolane derivatives --- optical coatings --- monitoring --- deposition --- titanium dioxide --- optical constants --- two-photon absorption --- nonlinear refraction --- scattering --- laser-induced deflection --- absorption measurement --- CrWN coatings --- microstructure evolution --- spinodal decomposition --- thermal stability --- hardness --- plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering --- sidewall roughness --- optical scattering loss --- silicon-on-insulator waveguide --- multilayer --- ZnO --- Ag --- TCO --- transmittance --- structure --- resistance --- SnO2 --- Ti-doped --- annealing temperature --- electrical resistivity --- optical sensors --- optical materials --- zeolites --- ellipsometry --- single wavelength ellipsometry --- spectroscopic ellipsometry --- poly(vinyl alcohol) copolymers --- humidity sensing --- Al-doped ZnO --- ALD technique --- transparent conductive layers --- LC display --- flexible PDLC devices --- transparent conductive coatings --- optical sensing --- broadband design --- linear and non-linear optical properties --- organic diamagnetic materials

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Twelve edited original papers on the latest and state-of-art results of topics ranging from calibration, validation, and science to a wide range of applications using ALOS-2/PALSAR-2. We hope you will find them useful for your future research.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- Sentinel-1 --- ALOS/PALSAR-2 --- land subsidence --- accuracy assessment --- Alexandria City --- Egypt --- local climate zone --- random forest --- feature importance --- land surface temperature --- grid cells --- Sentinel-2 --- PALSAR-2 --- ASTER --- soil moisture --- ALOS-2 --- GA-BP --- water cloud model --- L-band --- SAR --- backscattering --- soil moisture content --- LAI --- HH and HV polarization --- flood --- NoBADI --- Florida --- Hurricane Irma --- synthetic aperture radar --- polarimetric radar --- co-polarized phase difference --- radar scattering --- vegetation --- radar applications --- agriculture --- leaf area index --- leave-one-out cross-validation --- oil palm --- radar vegetation index --- vegetation descriptors --- ecosystem carbon cycle --- L-band SAR --- vegetation index --- random forest regression --- plantation --- permafrost --- InSAR --- Qinghai-Tibet Plateau --- ALOS --- thermal melting collapse --- Sentinel-1A --- SBAS-InSAR --- heavy forest area --- potential landslide identification --- SAR-based landslide detection --- Growing Split-Based Approach (GSBA) --- Hokkaido landslide --- Putanpunas landslide --- SAR polarimetry --- model-free 3-component decomposition for full polarimetric data (MF3CF) --- radar polarimetry --- calibration --- Faraday rotation