Physics of Solar System Plasmas
Physics of Solar System Plasmas
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USDPhysics of Solar System Plasmas provides a comprehensive introduction to the plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics that are needed to study the solar wind and magnetosphere. The text includes a broad introduction to plasma physics, including important discussions of kinetic theory, single particle motion, magnetohydrodynamics, geomagnetically trapped energetic particles and the physics of magnetic reconnection. This leads into a thorough description of the Sun and the solar wind, and, finally, the author addresses magnetospheric physics. Among the topics covered here are magnetospheric morphology, bow shocks, magnetospheric convection and electrical currents, substorms, ionospheric physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, auroral physics and the interaction of the solar wind with the planets. Problem sets at the end of each chapter make this a useful text for advanced undergraduate students in astrophysics, geophysics, or atmospheric sciences. Graduate students and researchers will also find it a valuable source of information.
- Problem sets at the end of each chapter
- Provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of solar system plasmas
- Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in astrophysics, geophysics, or atmospheric sciences
Product details
November 2004Paperback
9780521611947
496 pages
246 × 189 × 25 mm
0.888kg
196 b/w illus. 8 tables 137 exercises
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Table of Contents
- 1. Space physics
- 2. Introduction to kinetic theory
- 3. Single particle motion and geomagnetically trapped particles
- 4. Magnetohydrodynamics
- 5. Solar physics
- 6. The solar wind
- 7. The interaction of the solar wind, planets and other solar system bodies
- 8. The magnetosphere
- Appendix.
