This textbook provides advanced undergraduates and graduates with up-to-date coverage of space physics from the Sun to the interstellar medium. Clear explanations of physical processes are presented alongside major new discoveries gained from space missions. End-of-chapter problems and specially developed computer-based exercises allow students to put the theory into practice.
This textbook provides advanced undergraduates and graduates with up-to-date coverage of space physics from the Sun to the interstellar medium. Clear explanations of physical processes are presented alongside major new discoveries gained from space missions. End-of-chapter problems and specially developed computer-based exercises allow students to put the theory into practice.
Christopher T. Russell has written over 1500 articles in books and journals on planetary and space physics and has been cited over 45,000 times. He has been awarded the AGU's Macelwane medal, its Fleming medal and COSPAR's Science award. He has been a principal investigator on numerous missions including ISEE 1 and 2, Pioneer Venus, the ISTP/Polar mission and the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. He is also the Principal Investigator of the ion-propelled Dawn Discovery mission to the asteroid belt.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Solar terrestrial physics: the evolution of a discipline 2. The upper atmosphere and ionosphere 3. Physics of magnetized plasmas 4. The Sun and its atmosphere 5. The solar wind and heliosphere 6. Collisionless shocks 7. Solar wind interaction with magnetized obstacles 8. Plasma interactions with unmagnetized bodies 9. Solar wind magnetosphere coupling 10. The terrestrial magnetosphere 11. The aurora 12. Planetary magnetospheres 13. Plasma waves Appendix 1. Notation, vector identities, and differential operators Appendix 2. Fundamental constants and plasma parameters of space physics Appendix 3. Geophysical coordinate transformations Appendix 4. Time series analysis techniques Glossary References Index.
Preface 1. Solar terrestrial physics: the evolution of a discipline 2. The upper atmosphere and ionosphere 3. Physics of magnetized plasmas 4. The Sun and its atmosphere 5. The solar wind and heliosphere 6. Collisionless shocks 7. Solar wind interaction with magnetized obstacles 8. Plasma interactions with unmagnetized bodies 9. Solar wind magnetosphere coupling 10. The terrestrial magnetosphere 11. The aurora 12. Planetary magnetospheres 13. Plasma waves Appendix 1. Notation, vector identities, and differential operators Appendix 2. Fundamental constants and plasma parameters of space physics Appendix 3. Geophysical coordinate transformations Appendix 4. Time series analysis techniques Glossary References Index.
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