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Basic Space Plasma Physics
by Wolfgang Baumjohann
Available from Powells Used Books
$47.75
on 10-15-2008
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Features
ISBN Number: 9781860940798 Written by: Baumjohann, Wolfgang Published by: World Scientific Publishing Company Written by: Baumjohann, Wolfgang Written by: Treumann, Rudolf A. Location: London Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science Subject: Space plasmas Subject: Cosmic physics Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. Series Volume: 86-15 Date of Publication: September 1996 Cover Type: Paperback Written in: English Illustrations: Yes Number of Pages: 340 Book Size: 844x622x72 100
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.
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