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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"... the book is still one of the best addressing space plasma physics." Pure Appl. Geophys., 1999
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Quite useful tool for students intending to go on in the area of space plasmas, but it is also good reference book for those working in the area, when they need to recall some basic information. However, some parts could be treated in more detail, and some parts are not explained in the best way. And main problem is that some parts should be in different order, then in third or fourth chapter would need to be coments like: "We will show it later in the fifth chapter". This might be not a problem for a researcher in the area who uses the book as a reference tool, however, students who are new in the area, be aware. Overall, it is quite interesting reading.
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- Introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion. Volume 1, Plasma physics by Francis F. Chen in Front Matter, and page 158
- Plasma Waves, 2nd Edition (Series in Plasma Physics) by Donald Gary Swanson on page 246, and page 294
- Fundamentals of Plasma Physics by J. A. Bittencourt on page 72, and page 246
- Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Second Edition: Volume 8 (Course of Theoretical Physics) by L D Landau on page 158, and page 197
- Introduction to Plasma Theory (Plasma Physics) by Dwight R. Nicholson on page 101, and page 128
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- Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications by D. A. Gurnett on page 74, and page 279
- Physics of the Solar Corona: An Introduction with Problems and Solutions (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences) by Markus J. Aschwanden on page 765, and Back Matter
- Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas by J. P. Hans Goedbloed on page 31, and Back Matter
- The High-Latitude Ionosphere and its Effects on Radio Propagation (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by R. D. Hunsucker on page 111
- Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Geospace: The Theory of ULF Waves and Their Interaction with Energetic Particles in the Solar-Terrestrial Environment (Series in Plasma Physics) by A.D.M. Walker in Back Matter
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