Theory Of Space Plasma Microinstabilities

Author : S. Peter Gary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521431675
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory of Space Plasma Microinstabilities written by S. Peter Gary and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the linear theory of waves and instabilities that propagate in a collisionless plasma.

Author : A. Balogh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387775390
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mercury written by A. Balogh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-23 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book reviews the progress made in Mercury studies since the flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974-75. Thus far, it is the only book on Mercury which balances a wide range of Earth-based observations, made under difficult conditions, with the only available space-based data. The text is based on continued research using the Mariner 10 archive, on observations from Earth, and on increasingly realistic models of this mysterious planet’s interior evolution.

Author : Wolfgang Baumjohann
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1911298704
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Space Plasma Physics written by Wolfgang Baumjohann and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-01-03 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the fluid and kinetic theory of equilibria and waves presented in a companion textbook, Basic Space Plasma Physics (by the same authors), but can also serve as a stand-alone text. It extends the field covered there into the domain of plasma instability and nonlinear theory.The book provides a representative selection of the many possible macro- and microinstabilities in a space plasma, from the Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz to electrostatic and electromagnetic kinetic instabilities. Their quasilinear stabilization and nonlinear evolution and their application to space physics problems are treated. The chapters on nonlinear theory include nonlinear waves, weak turbulence and strong turbulence, all presented from the viewpoint of their relevance to space plasma physics. Special topics include auroral particle acceleration, soliton formation and caviton collapse, anomalous transport, and the theory of collisionless shocks.

Author : Rudolf A. Treumann
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9781860940262
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Space Plasma Physics written by Rudolf A. Treumann and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the fluid and kinetic theory of equilibria and waves presented in a companion textbook, Basic Space Plasma Physics (by the same authors), but can also serve as a stand-alone text. It extends the field covered there into the domain of plasma instability and nonlinear theory. The book provides a representative selection of the many possible macro- and microinstabilities in a space plasma, from the Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz to electrostatic and electromagnetic kinetic instabilities. Their quasilinear stabilization and nonlinear evolution and their application to space physics problems are treated. The chapters on nonlinear theory include nonlinear waves, weak turbulence and strong turbulence, all presented from the viewpoint of their relevance to space plasma physics. Special topics include auroral particle acceleration, soliton formation and caviton collapse, anomalous transport, and the theory of collisionless shocks.

Author : Wallace M. Manheimer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MHD and Microinstabilities in Confined Plasma, written by Wallace M. Manheimer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnetohydrodynamics, the study of the motion of electrically conducting fluids in magnetic fields, is an important area in plasma physics. The effects of instabilities in such electrical fluids are very difficult to calculate and this is the first book to deal with the subject as a whole in a detailed manner. MHD and Microinstabilities in Confined Plasma starts from first principles and builds up to a full understanding of MHD. It features a number of topics not covered in other books on plasma, including non-linear theory, anomalous transport and magnetic reconnection.

Author : Karl Schindler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139460358
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of Space Plasma Activity written by Karl Schindler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-23 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space plasma is so hot that the atoms break up into charged particles which then become trapped and stored in magnetic fields. When critical conditions are reached the magnetic field breaks up, releasing a large amount of energy and causing dramatic phenomena. The largest space plasma activity events observed in the solar system occur on the Sun, when coronal mass ejections expel several billion tons of plasma mass into space. This book provides a coherent and detailed treatment of the physical background of large plasma eruptions in space. It provides the background necessary for dealing with space plasma activity, and allows the reader to reach a deeper understanding of this fascinating natural event. The book employs both fluid and kinetic models, and discusses the applications to magnetospheric and solar activity. This will form an interesting reference for graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics.

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521642620
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complexity in Space Plasmas written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Burgess
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316351750
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas written by David Burgess and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shock waves are an important feature of solar system plasmas, from the solar corona out to the edge of the heliosphere. This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas presents a comprehensive review of the physics governing different types of shocks and processes of particle acceleration, from fundamental principles to current research. Motivated by observations of planetary bow shocks, interplanetary shocks and the solar wind termination shock, it emphasises the physical theory underlying these shock waves. Readers will develop an understanding of the complex interplay between particle dynamics and the electric and magnetic fields that explains the observations of in situ spacecraft. Written by renowned experts in the field, this up-to-date text is the ideal companion for both graduate students new to heliospheric physics and researchers in astrophysics who wish to apply the lessons of solar system shocks to different astrophysical environments.

Author : Joseph E. Borovsky
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832518745
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plasma Waves in Space Physics: Carrying On the Research Legacies of Peter Gary and Richard Thorne written by Joseph E. Borovsky and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Tien Sun Chang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316239543
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Space Plasma Complexity written by Tom Tien Sun Chang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Space Plasma Complexity considers select examples of complexity phenomena related to observed plasma processes in the space environment, such as those pertaining to the solar corona, the interplanetary medium, and Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. This book provides a guided tour of the ideas behind forced and/or self-organized criticality, intermittency, multifractals, and the theory of the dynamic renormalization group, with applications to space plasma complexity. There is much to be explored and studied in this relatively new and developing field. Readers will be able to apply the concepts and methodologies espoused in this introduction to their own research interests and activities.