Basic Space Plasma Physics
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1996
Imperial College Press (Verlag)
978-1-86094-017-0 (ISBN)
Imperial College Press (Verlag)
978-1-86094-017-0 (ISBN)
This textbook deals with the requirements of space physics. It includes an introduction to space plasma physics, and also presents a more theoretical foundation of the field, starting from kinetic theory. Topics include single particle motion, trapped particles, and convection and substorms.
This textbook deals with the requirements of space physics. The first part starts with a description of the Earth's plasma environment, followed by a derivation of single particle motions in electromagnetic fields, with applications to the Earth's magnetosphere. Then the origin and effects of collisions and conductivities, formation of the ionosphere, magnetospheric convection and dynamics, and solar wind-magnetosphere coupling are discussed.The second part of the book presents a more theoretical foundation of plasma physics, starting from kinetic theory. Introducing moments of the distribution function permits derivation of the fluid equations, followed by an analysis of fluid boundaries, with the Earth's magnetopause and bow shock as examples. Finally, fluid and kinetic theory are applied to derive the relevant wave modes in a plasma.A representative selection of the many space plasma instabilities and relevant aspects of nonlinear theory is given in a companion textbook, Advanced Space Plasma Physics, by the same authors.
This textbook deals with the requirements of space physics. The first part starts with a description of the Earth's plasma environment, followed by a derivation of single particle motions in electromagnetic fields, with applications to the Earth's magnetosphere. Then the origin and effects of collisions and conductivities, formation of the ionosphere, magnetospheric convection and dynamics, and solar wind-magnetosphere coupling are discussed.The second part of the book presents a more theoretical foundation of plasma physics, starting from kinetic theory. Introducing moments of the distribution function permits derivation of the fluid equations, followed by an analysis of fluid boundaries, with the Earth's magnetopause and bow shock as examples. Finally, fluid and kinetic theory are applied to derive the relevant wave modes in a plasma.A representative selection of the many space plasma instabilities and relevant aspects of nonlinear theory is given in a companion textbook, Advanced Space Plasma Physics, by the same authors.
Single particle motion; trapped particles; collision and conductivity; convection and substorms; elements of kinetic theory; magnetohydrodynamics; flows and discontinuities; waves in plasma fluids; wave kinetic theory.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86094-017-X / 186094017X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86094-017-0 / 9781860940170 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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