Numerical Methods for Plasma Astrophysics:
From Particle Kinetics to MHD

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Kinetic Problems in Astrophysics

Dr. Eliot Quataert

UC Berkeley

Abstract:   I describe several important astrophysical problems for which a kinetic, rather than MHD, treatment is essential. I focus on collisionless shocks, particle heating by turbulence and reconnection, and momentum and energy (heat) transport in dilute plasmas.