The volume illustrates the state of the art and new directions in plasma physics, space physics, and astrophysics. It covers several hot topics of interdisciplinary interest where progress is made by the use of joint expertise. It summarizes an unusually lively Symposium that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests.

Preface	p. ix
Organization	p. xi
Constraints on the Photon Mass from the Galactic Magnetic Field Structure	p. 1
Plasma Regimes in the Surroundings of Black Holes, Composite Plasma Disk Structures and Relevant Accretion Processes	p. 11
What Physics Does Affect the MRI Threshold	p. 23
X-Ray Plasma Diagnostics for Accreting Black Hole Systems	p. 31
The Jet/Disk Connection in Blazars	p. 43
Turbulence in Solar Wind and Laboratory Plasmas	p. 55
Interdisciplinary Research with Complex Plasmas	p. 67
3D Dust Clouds (Yukawa Balls) in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas	p. 80
Instability Interplay in a Magnetized Streaming Plasma	p. 89
Effect of the Levitating Microparticle Cloud on Radiofrequency Argon Plasma	p. 101
Dust Removal in Radio-Frequency Plasmas by a Traveling Potential Modulation	p. 109
Dynamical Friction from Field Particles with a Mass Spectrum	p. 117
Insights into Spiral Structure in Galaxies from SINGS Infrared Imaging	p. 129
Density Waves in the Outer Disk of Spiral Galaxies	p. 141
Self-Consistent Models of Quasi-Relaxed Rotating Stellar Systems	p. 148
Laboratory Simulations of Astrophysical Jets and Solar Coronal Loops: New Results	p. 156
Nonlinear Mirror Structures in a Plasma with Thermal Pressure Anisotropy	p. 164
Transport Induced by Symmetry Breaking in a Non-Neutral Plasma	p. 175
Non-Resonant Dynamic Stabilization of the m=1 Diocotron Mode	p. 183
2.5D Numerical Simulation of Excitation of Coherent Chain of Electron Wake-Field Bubbles by Optimal Non-Resonant Chain of Dense Relativistic Electron Bunches	p. 191
Weekly Compressible Turbulence in Local Interstellar Medium. Three-Dimensional Modeling Using Large Eddy Simulation Method	p. 197
Magnetic Fields and Radiative Feedback in the Star Formation Process	p. 205
MHD Turbulence in Star-Forming Clouds	p. 219
The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Protostellar Accretion Phase	p. 231
Gravitational Instabilities in Protostellar Discs and the Formation of Planetesimals	p. 243
Conical Winds and Axial Jets from the Disk-Magnetosphere Boundary	p. 255
Magnetically Driven Supersonic Plasma Jets in High Energy Density Experiments	p. 266
Large Scale Magnetic Fields in Discs: Advection and Jet Launching	p. 276
Self-Consistent Non-Spherical Isothermal Halos Embedding Zero-Thickness Disks	p. 288
Pore Surface Energy Corrected P-¿ like Models and the Anomalous Behaviour of Porous Materials	p. 294
On the Global Density Slope-Anisotropy Inequality	p. 300
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of Two-Dimensional Turbulence in a Pure Electron Plasma	p. 306
Oblique Interactions of Dust Density Waves	p. 312
Simulations on Resistive Cooling of Trapped Highly-Charged Particles	p. 318
Role of Current and Magnetic Field Structure at Directed Extreme Ultraviolet Generation in Plasma Discharge for Nano-Lithography	p. 324
Stabilization of Double Layer of Radial Electrical Potential, Strongly Damping Turbulence, by Poloidal Chain of Narrow Magnetic Islands	p. 331
Role of Plasma Electron Vortex Formation at Laser Interaction with Foil for Ion Acceleration	p. 336
Radio Frequency Generation of an Electron Plasma in a Malmberg-Penning Trap	p. 343
Longitudinal Space Charge Effects in Bunched Electron Beams Travelling through a Malmberg-Penning Trap	p. 349
Instability of a Nonuniform Compressible Gas with Self-Gravity	p. 355
Author Index	p. 363
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