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Advanced plasma physics
About this book
The book covers fundamental topics in plasma physics, such as waves in plasmas, instability and nonlinear processes. After an in-depth theoretical description, the author uses satellite observations of these phenomena in space plasmas - such as the earth's ionosphere, magnetosphere and solar wind.
The last part of the book deals with the interactions of charged bodies with a plasma. In the case of satellite measurements, we are dealing with an external magnetic field and with the motion of the satellite in the plasma. Since there is no exact theory in these circumstances, approximate methods are used which lead to credible estimates. For these topics, the theories presented are compared to satellite measurements, and in particular to the results of the TSS (Tethered Satellite System) mission.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Indice
- Frontespizio
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: General properties of plasmas
- Chapter 2: Charged particle orbits in external fields
- Chapter 3: Levels of description
- Chapter 4: Waves in plasmas from kinetic theory
- Chapter 5: Magnetohydrodynamic waves
- Chapter 6: Waves in a cold magnetized plasma
- Chapter 7: Current driven and drift wave instabilities
- Chapter 8: Macroscopic instabilities
- Chapter 9: Magnetic reconnection
- Chapter 10: Non linear waves
- Chapter 11: Collisionless shock waves
- Chapter 12: Plasma turbulence: an introduction
- Chapter 13: Non linear wave particle interactions
- Chapter 14: Non linear wave-wave interactions
- Chapter 15: Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
- Chapter 16: Basic concepts in the interaction of charged bodies with plasmas
- Chapter 17: Approximate theories of current collection by charged bodies
- Chapter 18: Alpert’s kinetic theory
- Chapter 19: An introduction to charged probes in a magnetoplasma
- Chapter 20: Ion flow around a moving charged probe
- Chapter 21: Simplified theory of a moving probe in an unmagnetized plasma
- Chapter 22: Charging experiments in space: TSS data and their interpretation
- 22.1 Introduction