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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2009
      September 1997
      ISBN:
      9780511529467
      9780521611947
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529467
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      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.888kg, 496 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Plasma Physics and Fusion Physics
      Series:
      Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
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    Subjects:
    Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Plasma Physics and Fusion Physics
    Series:
    Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
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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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