Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Setting the scene
- Part II Quiescence
- 4 Introduction
- 5 Magnetohydrostatic states
- 6 Particle picture of steady states
- 7 A unified theory of steady states
- 8 Quasi-static evolution and the formation of thin current sheets
- Part III Dynamics
- Part IV Applications
- Appendix 1 Unified theory: details and derivations
- Appendix 2 Variational principle for collisionless plasmas
- Appendix 3 Symbols and fundamental constants
- References
- Index
6 - Particle picture of steady states
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Setting the scene
- Part II Quiescence
- 4 Introduction
- 5 Magnetohydrostatic states
- 6 Particle picture of steady states
- 7 A unified theory of steady states
- 8 Quasi-static evolution and the formation of thin current sheets
- Part III Dynamics
- Part IV Applications
- Appendix 1 Unified theory: details and derivations
- Appendix 2 Variational principle for collisionless plasmas
- Appendix 3 Symbols and fundamental constants
- References
- Index
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- Physics of Space Plasma Activity , pp. 107 - 122Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006