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020			_a9781139794657 (ebook)
020			_z9781107037571 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC718 _b.K75 2013
082	0	0	_a530.4/4 _223
100	1		_aKrishan, V. _q(Vinod), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPlasmas : _bthe first state of matter / _cVinod Krishan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 250 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aMost astronomers believe that the universe began about 15 billion years ago when an explosion led to its expansion and cooling. The present state of the universe compels us to believe that the universe was extremely hot and dense in its infancy. In the beginning there was intense radiation. The photons produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter and a plasma soup of particles and antiparticles was present. Plasma is the first state of matter from which all the other states originated. This book discusses the diversity of cosmic and terrestrial plasmas found in the early universe, galactic and intergalactic media, stellar atmospheres, interstellar spaces, the solar system and the Earth's ionosphere, and their observability with the most recent telescopes such as the Chandra X-ray telescope and gamma ray telescopes. It deals with different ways of creating plasmas such as thermal, pressure and radiative ionization for laboratory and cosmic plasmas.
650		0	_aPlasma (Ionized gases)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107037571
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139794657
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