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050 0 0 _aQB529
_b.C7 1997
082 0 0 _a523.5/8
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100 1 _aCravens, Thomas E.,
_d1948-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPhysics of solar system plasmas /
_cThomas E. Cravens.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1997.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 477 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge atmospheric and space science series
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _a1. 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 solar wind interaction with planets and other solar system bodies -- 8. The magnetosphere.
520 _aPhysics 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.
650 0 _aSolar wind.
650 0 _aMagnetosphere.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521352802
830 0 _aCambridge atmospheric and space science series.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529467
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