Space and astrophysical plasmas: Pervasive problems

CHANCHAL UBEROI

Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

Abstract.

The observations and measurements given by Earth orbiting satellites, deep space probes, sub-orbital systems and orbiting astronomical observatories point out that there are important physical processes which are responsible for a wide variety of phenomena in solar-terrestrial, solar-system and astrophysical plasmas. In this review these topics are exemplified both from an observational and a theoretical point of view.

Keywords: Heliosphere; solar corona; Alfven resonances; magnetic reconnection.

Pacs No. 95.30 Q; 96.50 R