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"This is a well-written introduction to the physics of the solar wind and planetary magnetospheres. Some diverse problems are provided at the end of each chapter. ...this is a good textbook for advanced undergraduate students. Graduate students and researchers will enjoy it as a nice introduction to these fascinating fields." Maarten van Aalst, Space Science Review
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Physics 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.
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"This is a well-written introduction to the physics of the solar wind and planetary magnetospheres. Some diverse problems are provided at the end of each chapter. ...this is a good textbook for advanced undergraduate students. Graduate students and researchers will enjoy it as a nice introduction to these fascinating fields." Maarten van Aalst, Space Science Review
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Physics 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.
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Most of the visible matter in the universe exists as a fluid composed of electrically charged particles rather than as a gas made of neutral atoms or molecules. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solar wind interaction with planets, total reconnection rate, magnetic pressure gradient force, magnetic curvature force, plasmasheet region, total ion production rate, magnetospheric plasma convection, equatorial distribution function, corotation electric field, solar wind outflow, ring current plasma, plasma flow speed, reconnection efficiency, fluid conservation equations, magnetopause current layer, zeroeth moment, motional electric field, corotation speed, nonmagnetic planets, cometary ionosphere, dayside magnetopause, ring current region, cometary ions, ring current ions, convection electric field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Most of the visible matter in the universe exists as a fluid composed of electrically charged particles rather than as a gas made of neutral atoms or molecules. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
solar wind interaction with planets, total reconnection rate, magnetic pressure gradient force, magnetic curvature force, plasmasheet region, total ion production rate, magnetospheric plasma convection, equatorial distribution function, corotation electric field, solar wind outflow, ring current plasma, plasma flow speed, reconnection efficiency, fluid conservation equations, magnetopause current layer, zeroeth moment, motional electric field, corotation speed, nonmagnetic planets, cometary ionosphere, dayside magnetopause, ring current region, cometary ions, ring current ions, convection electric field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Netherlands, Cambridge Univ, New York, Reidel Publ, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Alfvénic Mach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Derive Equation, American Geophysical Union, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Geophysical Monograph, Solar System Magnetic Fields, Combining Equations, Academic Press, Van Allen, Rev Geophys, Dynamics Explorer, Use Equations, Arizona Press, Space Sci, Post-Halley Era, Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere, Langford Lane, Space Res, The Boulevard Browse Sample Pages:
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- Ionospheres: Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by Robert W. Schunk on page 213, and page 430
- Physik des erdnahen Weltraums: Eine Einführung (German Edition) by Gerd Prölss on page 9
- Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by Gary E. Thomas in Front Matter
- Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons by Steven L. Guberman on page 398
- Physics of Space Plasma Activity by Karl Schindler in Back Matter
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