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Basic Space Plasma Physics

by Treumann R a

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Space plasma physics, from Earth’s environment to kinetic theory

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Space plasma physics, from Earth’s environment to kinetic theory

Organized in two parts, the textbook connects space-physics applications with the theoretical tools used to describe plasma. It begins with Earth’s plasma environment and develops topics including particle motion in electromagnetic fields, collisions and conductivity, ionosphere formation, magnetospheric dynamics, and solar wind–magnetosphere coupling. The second part turns to kinetic theory and derives fluid equations from the distribution function, then examines boundaries such as the magnetopause and bow shock before applying fluid and kinetic approaches to plasma waves. The scope makes the relationship between planetary space phenomena and foundational plasma models a central thread. The description identifies a companion volume, *Advanced Space Plasma Physics*, for further coverage of instabilities and nonlinear theory.

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  • Students or researchers seeking a textbook treatment of space plasma physics and its Earth-related applications.
  • Readers interested in the connections between kinetic theory, fluid equations, and plasma-wave modes.

Themes

Earth’s plasma environmentMagnetosphere and solar wind interactionsKinetic and fluid plasma theoryPlasma waves and boundaries

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Book overview

This textbook deals with the requirements of space physics. The first part starts with a description of the Earth's plasma environment, followed by a derivation of single particle motions in electromagnetic fields, with applications to the Earth's magnetosphere. Then the origin and effects of collisions and conductivities, formation of the ionosphere, magnetospheric convection and dynamics, and solar wind-magnetosphere coupling are discussed.

The second part of the book presents a more theoretical foundation of plasma physics, starting from kinetic theory. Introducing moments of the distribution function permits derivation of the fluid equations, followed by an analysis of fluid boundaries, with the Earth's magnetopause and bow shock as examples. Finally, fluid and kinetic theory are applied to derive the relevant wave modes in a plasma.

A representative selection of the many space plasma instabilities and relevant aspects of nonlinear theory is given in a companion textbook, Advanced Space Plasma Physics, by the same authors.

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