Opis: Waves and Oscillations in Nature - Swapan Saha, Satya Narayanan

Waves and oscillations are found in large scales (galactic) and microscopic scales (neutrino) in nature. Their dynamics and behavior heavily depend on the type of medium through which they propagate. Waves and Oscillations in Nature: An Introduction clearly elucidates the dynamics and behavior of waves and oscillations in various mediums. It presents different types of waves and oscillations that can be observed and studied from macroscopic to microscopic scales. The book provides a thorough introduction for researchers and graduate students in assorted areas of physics, such as fluid dynamics, plasma physics, optics, and astrophysics. The authors first explain introductory aspects of waves and electromagnetism, including characteristics of waves, the basics of electrostatics and magnetostatics, and Maxwell's equations. They then explore waves in a uniform media, waves and oscillations in hydrodynamics, and waves in a magnetized medium for homogeneous and nonhomogeneous media. The book also describes types of shock waves, such as normal and oblique shocks, and discusses important details pertaining to waves in optics, including polarization from experimental and observational points of view. The book concludes with a focus on plasmas, covering different plasma parameters, quasilinear and nonlinear aspects of plasma waves, and various instabilities in hydrodynamics and plasmas.Introduction to Waves and Oscillations Preamble What Is a Wave Harmonic Wave Monochromatic Fields Intensity of Waves Interference Diffraction Electromagnetic Waves Electrostatics Magnetostatics Time-Varying Fields Maxwell's Equations Energy Flux of Electrodynamics Electromagnetic Field Equations Antennas Waves in a Uniform Media Introduction Simple Harmonic Oscillation Damped Oscillations Coupled Oscillations One-Dimensional Wave Equation: D'Alembert's Solution Helmholtz Equation Normal Mode Eigenvalue Problem Longitudinal Waves Traveling Waves Dispersive Waves Solitons Hydrodynamic Waves Introduction Basic Equations Small-Amplitude Waves Gravity Waves Linear Capillary and Gravity Waves Surface Waves Generated by a Local Disturbance in the Field Klein-Gordon Equation Shallow Water Waves Boussinesq Equation Finite Amplitude Shallow Water Waves (Nonlinear Aspects) Plane Waves in a Layer of Constant Depth Poincare and Kelvin Waves Lamb and Rayleigh Waves Inertial Waves Rossby Waves Forced Stationary Waves in the Atmosphere Solitary Waves: KdV Equation MHD Waves in a Uniform Media Basic Equations Sound Waves Alfven Waves Shear Alfven Waves Compressional Alfven Waves Magneto Acoustic Waves Internal and Magneto Acoustic Gravity Waves Phase Mixing of Waves Resonant Absorption of Waves Nonlinear Aspects MHD Waves in a Nonuniform Media Waves at a Magnetic Interface Surface and Interfacial Waves Tangential Discontinuity with Inclined Fields and Flows Two-Mode Structure of Alfven Surface Waves Magneto Acoustic-Gravity Surface Waves with Flows Waves in a Magnetic Slab Negative Energy Waves Waves in Cylindrical Geometries Slender Flux Tube Equations Waves in Untwisted and Twisted Tubes Applications to Coronal Waves Nonlinear Aspects Shock Waves Introduction Discontinuities in Surfaces Normal Shock Waves Oblique Shock Waves Blast Waves: Similarity Solution of Taylor-Sedov Weak Shock Waves Waves in a Polytropic Gas An Application of Shock Waves in the Sun Shock Waves in Collisionless Plasmas Shocks in MHD Nonlinear Studies Waves in Optics Optical Phenomena Nonmonochromatic Fields Emission of Wave-Trains Polarization of Plane Monochromatic Waves Plasma Waves What Is a Plasma? Plasma Parameters Electrostatic Waves in Magnetized Plasma Waves in a Cold Plasma Plasma Waves (Warm)-Langmuir Waves Ion-Acoustic Waves Waves in Nonhomogeneous Plasmas Quasilinear Theory for Nonhomogeneous Plasmas Nonlinear Waves in Plasmas Fluid and Plasma Instabilities Introduction Stability of Parallel Shear Flows Taylor-Goldstein Equation Orr-Sommerfeld Equation Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) Instability Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) Instability Parametric Instability Two-Stream Instability Interchange (Flute) Instability Sausage Instability Kink Instability Ballooning Instability Appendix A: Typical Tables Appendix B: Vector Operators Bibliography Index Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.

Szczegóły: Waves and Oscillations in Nature - Swapan Saha, Satya Narayanan

Tytuł: Waves and Oscillations in Nature
Autor: Swapan Saha, Satya Narayanan
Producent: CRC Press Inc.
ISBN: 9781466590939
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 551
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.95 kg

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