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The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This book introduces the reader to the fundamental tools and discoveries of high-energy-density physics. It surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamental plasma and hydrodynamic models that can describe them and the problem of scaling from the laboratory to the cosmos. Connections to astrophysics will be discussed throughout. The book is intended to support coursework in high-energy-density physics, to meet the needs of new researchers in this field, and also to serve as a useful reference on the fundamentals.
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Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
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This book provides an exhaustive account of the origin and dynamics of cosmic rays. Divided into three parts, it first gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data, then -- in the following theory section -- deals with the kinetic description of cosmic ray plasma. The underlying diffusion-convection transport equation, which governs the coupling between cosmic rays and the background plasma, is derived and analyzed in detail. In the third part, several applications of the solutions of the transport equation are presented and how key observations in cosmic ray physics can be accounted for is demonstrated. The applications include cosmic ray modulation, acceleration near shock waves and the galactic propagation of cosmic rays. While the book is primarily of interest to scientists working at the forefront of research, the very careful derivations and explanations make it suitable also as an introduction to the field of cosmic rays for graduate students.
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Good book for the field, but..........2002-12-13
Covers cosmic ray astrophysics pretty well, but I've opted to stick with volume 1 of Longair for the grad class is cosmic rays which I'm teaching this Spring. Why? This book seems to have huge gaps in its coverage and too much of a European focus with references. Still, it's a good book, and anyone working in cosmic rays is bound to buy it in the end...
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classical.......2005-09-01
this is a classical review of plasma waves...excellent in order to calculate wave propagation in inhomgeneous, magnetoactive and isotropic plasma. Excellent review of E,H reflection coefficients, etc
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Plasma Waves, 2nd Edition (Series in Plasma Physics)
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A fresh look at the phenomenon of mode conversion with tunneling.
This volume provides a thorough analysis of plasma wave resonance absorption--a mode conversion process used in wave heating and diagnostics worldwide. The only book to incorporate mode conversion into a general treatment of plasma physics and plasma waves, it describes a broad range of applications and develops methods of mode conversion that are more advanced and precise than others in use today. This monograph presents the complete theory underlying the diagnostic implications of the process, combining estimates of tunneling, reflection, conversion, and absorption with emission. It surveys two decades' worth of developments in the field and:
* Brings together a wealth of information previously scattered in the professional literature
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* Features dozens of illustrations, as well as an extensive bibliography and references
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Theory of Mode Conversion and Tunneling in Inhomogeneous Plasmas is an essential reference for researchers working in plasma physics, space plasma physics, and fusion energy fields, and for anyone developing codes in plasma wave heating modeling. Its tutorial approach makes it invaluable for graduate students taking courses in plasma waves--whether in physics, electrical engineering, or nuclear engineering.
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Extended and revised, Plasma Waves, 2nd Edition provides essential information on basic formulas and categorizes the various possible types of waves and their interactions. The book includes modern and complete treatments of electron cyclotron emission, collisions, relativistic effects, Landau damping, quasilinear and nonlinear wave theory, and tunneling equations. The broad scope encompasses waves in cold, warm, and hot plasmas and relativistic plasma waves. Special chapters deal with the effects of boundaries, inhomogeneities, and nonlinear effects. The author derives all formulae and describes several fundamental wave experiments, allowing for a greater appreciation of the subject.
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Providing a systematic and self-contained treatment of excitation, propagation and re- emission of electromagnetic waves guided by density ducts in magnetized plasmas, this book describes in detail the theoretical basis of the electrodynamics of ducts. The classical dielectric-waveguide theory in open guiding systems in magnetoplasma is subjected to rigorous generalization. The authors emphasize the conceptual physical and mathematical aspects of the theory, while demonstrating its applications to problems encountered in actual practice. The opening chapters of the book discuss the underlying physical phenomena, outline some of the results obtained in natural and artificial density ducts, and describe the basic theory crucial to understanding the remainder of the book. The more specialized and complex topics dealt with in subsequent chapters include the theory of guided wave propagation along axially uniform ducts, finding the field excited by the source in the presence of a duct, excitation of guided modes, the asymptotic theory of wave propagation along axially nonuniform ducts, and mode re-emission from a duct. The full wave theory is used throughout most of the book to ensure consistency, and the authors start with simpler cases and gradually increase the complexity of the treatment.
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Guided-Wave-Produced Plasmas (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)
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Guided-Wave-Produced Plasmas provides an up-to-date report of the physics of plasmas produced by the high-frequency electromagnetic fields of guided waves. The modelling of discharges generated by travelling surface waves is presented using a unified approach based on modern aspects of nonlinear plasma theory. Diagnostic methods needed for research and the main experimental results on plasma behaviour are covered in detail. The methods and ideas presented in this book possess great potential for a wide variety of applications in plasma technology.
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Written at the graduate level, Generation and Application of High Power Microwaves discusses the basic physics of the generation of microwave and radiofrequency waves in the megawatt power range and the application of these ideas to a range of devices such as klystrons, gyrotrons, and free electron lasers. The book also contains chapters covering the transmission of the power through waveguides and the problems associated with mode conversion in transmission lines. The main application area covered is the heating and current drive in tokamaks and other devices for research into controlled nuclear fusion. Other applications of high power microwave technology are not neglected, and among those discussed are multiple charged ion and soft x-ray sources, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, advanced materials processing, millimeter wave radar, and supercolliders.
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In a nameless Greek village, the lives of its citizens-the priest, the whore, the doctor, the seamstress, the mayor-and even its animals-a centaur, a parrot that recites Homer, a horse called History-are entwined. As their lives intersect, their hidden crimes, their little infamies, are revealed, in a place full of passion, cruelty, and deep reserves of black humor.
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Village of the Damned.......2006-02-11
Last year I read Karnezis' novel The Maze, and although I found it rather uneven and a little baroque, I thought this earlier and more modern collection of short stories might be more to my taste. (Being 1/4 Greek, I feel obligated to try and dip into a little fiction from there every now and then.) However after finishing most, but not quite all, of the stories in this collection, I found myself similarly unmoved by the semi-gothic storytelling, which shows heavy influences of Borges and Calvino, among others.
Set sometime after WWII and the Greek Civil War (presumably in the 1950s), the stories all take place in a small village (too poor to even have a name) in an anonymous region, and are framed by episodes of biblical woe. The book begins with a story of the the town being stricken by an earthquake. One of the consequences is that the local priest is shown to be a fraud, and so the story is suggesting a literal attempt to shake the town awake to the coming modernity. Near in the middle, drought wreaks destruction upon the land. Then in the final story, when the stubborn villagers have demonstrated their loyalty to traditional ways, the village is washed away under a new hydroelectric project. A little gimmicky and unsubtle perhaps, but not a bad way to frame such a collection. I'm sure those with a religious background could spot many more allusions throughout the book.
The stories are mostly little character studies or morality tales, sometimes ending with a jolt, sometimes with a whimper -- but very often suffused with a sense of magic possibility that gives them the timbre of more than mere reportage. Among those we meet are the priest, the doctor, the whore, the barber, the pimp, the spinster, the farmer, the barkeeper, the station agent, the landowner, the virgin, the bus driver and so on. Revenge is a running theme, and a number of the stories end with a punchline in which someone gets their (sometimes lethal) just deserts. Karnezis writes with a sly, dark wit, and the humor is one of the better elements of the collection. Another running theme is the danger of outsiders, for in almost every case, when the villagers interact with outsiders, bad things result. From two incidents of petty theft, to swindles, the indifference of regional bureaucrats, to the menace of a pair of gun-toting hunters. Elements of Greek mythology appear as passing characters as well, including a centaur and a mermaid. I'm not a big fan of magical realism, and so the stories where that became more prominent were of lesser interest. None of the stories made a particularly huge impression, and it's one of those books I doubt I'll recall having read in a year or so. However, it may definitely posses greater to charms for other readers.
An explosive imagination.......2004-11-23
I once heard a story about a southern writer -- may have been Flannery O'Connor or Eudora Welty -- who, in response to a foolish complaint that her stories contained far too many freaks and monsters, declared that this was because in the South they can still tell a freak when they see one. This book by Panos Karnezis not only recognizes freaks and monsters but also tries to explore what makes them what they are, thus bringing out the beeauty of their basic humanity as well as their brokenness. This exploration is enormously, sometimes shockingly successful as the author unleashes his expansive, explosive imagination on a Greek town so poor it doesn't even have a name. He involves all the reader's senses, even smell and touch, to describe how his characters make what seem to them reasonable moral decisions and lay out what they consider logical plans for the future they will never have. Their reason and logic is of course the ethos of poverty and ignorance, which is what largely characterizes their existence. The reading public has reason to celebrate Karnezis's arrival on the literary scene. As I understand it, he is still under forty. Good grief.
Wonderful short stories.......2004-06-23
These strikingly original short stories are set in a small village in Greece, "so poor it doesn't have a name". They are extraordinary: shocking, colourful, amusing, resonant and sometimes tragic. Although Panos Karnezis writes in his second language, his style is fresh and lyrical and he has enriched and subverted English making it into a delight to read. He has created unforgettable characters and has cast a sharp eye on contemporary Greece. He is a master of the genre, like James Joyce, Raymond Carver or Guy de Maupassant.
Hard Life.......2003-04-17
No slacker, Karnezeis packs 19 stories into this small, 281-page book. The stories are set in a Greek village in the 1950's. Although it contains less than 40 houses, and thus is about to be deprived of official existence, it contains an amazing assortment of personalities, from spinster to prostitute, from priest to thief to pimp. Each has his own hopes and fears. All must cope with an earthquake, a drought and the obliteration of the village by a new dam and reservoir. As many authors, Karnezeis has trouble with endings, sometimes leaving the reader to guess at them and sometimes lacking credibility. Not a native speaker of English, the author muffs a few idioms, as when a character stands on her heels to reach an object overhead. Nevertheless, the work is fascinating and absorbing.
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Little Infamies
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