Introduction to plasma astrophysics

We discuss the importance of plasma physics in various areas of cosmology a nd astrophysics: (1) the primordial plasma spectrum, (2) the cosmic microwa ve background, (3) the large-scale structure of the universe, (4) reionizat ion and the metalicity of the primordial universe, (5) the first objects, ( 6) the primordial magnetic field, ('7) clusters of galaxies, (8) galaxy for mation, (9) star formation, (10) nuclear reactions, (11) accretion onto bla ck holes, (12) cosmic rays, (13) relativistic jets and (14) gamma ray burst ers.