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Nuclear fusion research is entering a new phase, in which power exhaust will play a vital role. This book presents a complete and up-to-date summary of this emerging field of research in fusion plasmas, focusing on the leading tokamak concept. Emphasis is placed on rigorous theoretical development, supplemented by numerical simulations, which are used to explain and quantify a range of experimental observations. The text offers a self-contained introduction to power exhaust, and deals in detail with both edge plasma turbulence and edge localized modes, providing the necessary background to understand these important, yet complicated phenomena. Combining an in-depth overview with an instructive development of concepts, this is an invaluable resource for academic researchers and graduate students in plasma physics.

Plasma confinement. --- Tokamaks. --- Tokamak devices --- Fusion reactors --- Plasma confinement devices --- Confined plasma --- Confinement of plasma --- Plasma, Confined --- Plasma containment --- Plasma control --- Plasma isolation --- Containerless processing --- Controlled fusion --- High temperature plasmas --- Pinch effect (Physics) --- lemac

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Controlled fusion --- Fusion reactors --- Plasma confinement --- 533.9 --- Confined plasma --- Confinement of plasma --- Plasma, Confined --- Plasma containment --- Plasma control --- Plasma isolation --- Containerless processing --- High temperature plasmas --- Pinch effect (Physics) --- Controlled fusion reactors --- Controlled thermonuclear reactors --- Thermonuclear reactors, Controlled --- Nuclear reactors --- Controlled thermonuclear reactions --- Fusion reactions --- Fusion reactions, Controlled --- Nuclear fusion, Controlled --- Thermonuclear reactions, Controlled --- Direct energy conversion --- Nuclear fusion --- 533.9 Plasma physics --- Plasma physics --- Nuclear energy

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This book is based on a series of lectures for an Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) master’s degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology at Padova University. From the cold molecular phase in which stars and planetary systems form, to the very hot coronal gas that surrounds galaxies and galaxy clusters, the ISM is everywhere. Studying its properties is vital for the exploration of virtually any field in astronomy and cosmology. These notes give the student a coherent and accurate mathematical and physical approach, with continuous references to the real ISM in galaxies. The book is divided into three parts. Part One introduces the equations of fluid dynamics for a system at rest and acoustic waves, and then explores the real ISM through the role of thermal conduction and viscosity, concluding with a discussion of shock waves and turbulence. In Part Two, the electromagnetic field is switched on and its role in modulating shock waves and contrasting gravity is studied. Part Three describes dust and its properties, followed by the main stellar sources of energy. The last two chapters respectively address the various components of the ISM and molecular clouds and star formation.

Interstellar matter. --- Materials science. --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Interstellar medium --- Astrophysics --- Matter --- Space environment --- Interstellar reddening --- Soft condensed matter. --- Acoustics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Plasma confinement. --- Plasma waves. --- Plasma astrophysics. --- Fluids. --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Magnetic and inertial plasma confinement. --- Waves, instabilities and nonlinear plasma dynamics. --- Astrophysical Plasma. --- Astrophysical plasmas --- Plasmas, Astrophysical --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Plasma sound waves --- Acoustic surface waves --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Waves --- Confined plasma --- Confinement of plasma --- Plasma, Confined --- Plasma containment --- Plasma control --- Plasma isolation --- Containerless processing --- Controlled fusion --- High temperature plasmas --- Pinch effect (Physics) --- Dynamics --- Matter, Soft (Condensed matter) --- Matter, Soft condensed --- Soft matter (Condensed matter) --- Condensed matter --- Complex fluids

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"The world’s population is facing a water crisis, which is expected to worsen dramatically during the 21st century. Problems due to over-exploitation of groundwater, as well as from natural and anthropogenic contamination are major challenges facing humanity. This Special Issue on “Groundwater Quantity and Quality” contains a broad selection of eleven articles addressing many different aspects of groundwater quantity and quality, along with an introductory editorial. The research articles and case studies cover many different geographic regions and include examples from both developed and developing nations. The research articles are strong contributions that were selected after a rigorous peer-review process in which not all articles were accepted." --Preface.

Groundwater --- Water quality management. --- Endocrine disrupting compounds in aquifers --- Pathogens in aquifer systems (confined or unconfined) --- The current state of arsenic contamination in Bangladesh --- Managing saltwater intrusion along marine coastlines --- Water quality impacts from hydrofracturing (fracking) --- Managing water resources in the High Plains Aquifer (Central US) --- Governing transboundary groundwater --- Managing groundwater to promote environmental flows --- Managing groundwater during drought --- Management --- Pollution.

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"The world’s population is facing a water crisis, which is expected to worsen dramatically during the 21st century. Problems due to over-exploitation of groundwater, as well as from natural and anthropogenic contamination are major challenges facing humanity. This Special Issue on “Groundwater Quantity and Quality” contains a broad selection of eleven articles addressing many different aspects of groundwater quantity and quality, along with an introductory editorial. The research articles and case studies cover many different geographic regions and include examples from both developed and developing nations. The research articles are strong contributions that were selected after a rigorous peer-review process in which not all articles were accepted." --Preface.

Groundwater --- Water quality management. --- Management --- Pollution. --- Endocrine disrupting compounds in aquifers --- Pathogens in aquifer systems (confined or unconfined) --- The current state of arsenic contamination in Bangladesh --- Managing saltwater intrusion along marine coastlines --- Water quality impacts from hydrofracturing (fracking) --- Managing water resources in the High Plains Aquifer (Central US) --- Governing transboundary groundwater --- Managing groundwater to promote environmental flows --- Managing groundwater during drought