This volume presents the lecture notes of the 24th Advanced Course of
the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy in March 1994 at Les
Diablerets. In three lectures on magnetohydrodynamics, on kinetic plasma
physics and on particle acceleration leading experts describe the
physical basis of their subjects and extend the discussion to several
applications in modern problems of astrophysics. In style and
presentation the texts are well-suited for graduate work in plasma
astrophysics, one of the very important tools of modern astronomy. The
themes developed in this book will be helpful in understanding many
processes in the universe from the solar corona to active galaxies.