A01=Rudolf A Treumann
A01=Wolfgang Baumjohann
Adiabatic Particle Motion
Anomalous Resistivity
Aurora
Author_Rudolf A Treumann
Author_Wolfgang Baumjohann
Category=PGC
Category=PHFP
Category=PHVB
Collisionless Shocks
Cosmical Physics
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Extraterrestrial Physics
Generalized Ohm's Law
Geomagnetic Tail
Ionosphere
Kinetic Plasma Theory
Kinetic Theory
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetosphere
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Coupling
Magnetospheric Physics
MHD
Nonlinear Plasma Physics
Plasma Instabilities
Plasma Physics
Plasma Theory
Plasma Turbulence
Plasma Waves
Radiation Belts
Solitons
Space Physics
Space Plasma Physics
Space Weather
Substorms
Product details
- ISBN 9781860940262
- Publication Date: 03 Jan 1997
- Publisher: Imperial College Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
