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From: sgeier@venus.astro.umd.edu (Sven Geier)
Organization:
U. of Maryland @ College Park, Astronomy
Subject: Re: Intro textbook
In
article <2vhjoq$9gc@mojo.eng.umd.edu> groover@netcom.com (Robert Groover)
writes:
: Wonderful to see this newsgroup
appear!
: Opening thread: what would people recommend
for a strong
: introductory
text? I liked Ichimaru a lot, but is
that ancient
: history by
now?
Benz, "Plasma astrophysics" maybe? Quite astronomy
centered and not the
wildest thing in radiation processes (but you can
always fill that in
with the Rybicki/Leightman) but the MHD-part if
definitely readable
*and* understandable.
Sven Geier,
University of Maryland