Space Physics An Introduction to Plasmas and Particles in the Heliosphere and Magnetospheres
Başlık:
Space Physics An Introduction to Plasmas and Particles in the Heliosphere and Magnetospheres
ISBN:
9783662036532
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Edition:
1st ed. 1998.
Yayın Bilgileri:
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
XIII, 357 p. online resource.
Series:
Advanced Texts in Physics
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields -- 3. Magnetohydrodynamics -- 4. Plasma Waves -- 5. Kinetic Theory -- 6. Diffusive Transport -- 7. Shock Waves -- 8. Sun and Solar Wind: Plasmas in the Heliosphere -- 9. Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere -- 10. The Terrestrial Magnetosphere -- 11. The Dynamic Magnetosphere -- 12. Planetary Magnetospheres -- 13. Solar-Terrestrial Relationships -- 14. Instrumentation -- A.1 List of Symbols -- A.2 Useful Relations -- A.2.1 Vector Identities -- A.2.2 Vector Calculus -- A.2.3 Cylindrical Coordinates -- A.2.4 Spherical Coordinates -- A.3 Useful Numbers -- A.3.1 Fundamental Constants -- A.3.2 Numbers in Plasmas -- References.
Abstract:
The heliosphere and magnetospheres of the planets provide large natural plasma laboratories. This book is a broad, yet selective treatment of the physics of ionized gases and charged particles in the solar-terrestrial environment. The first few chapters deal with the fundamentals of plasma physics, covering such topics as single-particle motion, plasmas as fluids, magnetohydrodynamics, a brief introduction to kinetic theory, and plasma waves. Subsequent chapters discuss observations of the sun and the solar wind, energetic particles in interplanetary space and in the magnetoshperes, magnetized and unmagnetized planets, and solar-terrestrial relations, in particular the aurora. These chapters also describe the applications of these principles to space-plasma observations and introduce more-complex phenomena, such as collisionless shocks and wave-particle interactions.>.
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Dil:
English