Theory of Space Plasma Microinstabilities Paperback / softback
by S. Peter (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Gary
Part of the Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
The ionized material that constitutes plasma permeates almost all of the universe beyond the planets and their atmospheres and satellites.
This book describes the linear theory of many different waves and instabilities that may propagate in a collisionless plasma.
Electrostatic and electromagnetic fluctuations, and a variety of instability sources are considered.
Applications of the theory are discussed with respect to spacecraft observations in the solar wind, terrestrial magnetosheath, magnetosphere and magnetotail and at the bow shock and magnetopause.
Tables at the end of most chapters summarize wave and instability nomenclature and properties, and problems for the reader to solve are interspersed throughout the text.
Together these make this book of great value to both the student and research worker in space physics.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:196 pages, 10 Tables, unspecified; 78 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521437486
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:196 pages, 10 Tables, unspecified; 78 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521437486
