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DTSTART:20110404T170500Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Have Process will Travel:  Adventures in Plasma Astrophysics\,
  Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, Anatoly Spitkovsky\, Pr
 inceton University
DESCRIPTION:As plasmas underly most of astrophysical phenomena\, under
 standing how<br>
\nthe relevant plasma processes operate in detail can
 \, in principle\,<br>
\nprovide powerful constraints on astrophysical 
 models. In practice\,<br>
\nsuch applications have been non-trivial du
 e to the disparity of scales<br>
\nbetween plasma microphysics and ast
 ronomical environments. I will<br>
\npresent several examples of situa
 tions where the intrinsically<br>
\nmicroscopic physics has a direct i
 mprint on macroscopic<br>
\nobservables\, and show how the improved mo
 dels of plasma physics can<br>
\nguide the development of astronomical
  scenarios. Examples will be<br>
\ndrawn from particle acceleration in
  collisionless shocks\, relativistic<br>
\nreconnection in pulsars\, a
 nd the decay of magnetized turbulence in<br>
\naccretion disks.<br>
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2148
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