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Physics of space plasma activity /
Space plasma is so hot that the atoms break up into charged particles which then become trapped and stored in magnetic fields. When critical conditions are reached the magnetic field breaks up, releasing a large amount of energy and causing dramatic phenomena. The largest space plasma activity event...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I Setting the scene; 2 Sites of activity; 3 Plasma models; 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; 9 Nonideal effects; 10 Selected macroinstabilities; 11 Magnetic reconnection; 12 Aspects of bifurcation and nonlinear dynamics; Part IV Applications; 13 Magnetospheric activity; 14 Models of solar activity; 15 Discussion
- Appendix 1 Unified theory: details and derivationsThe momentum equation; The steady state potential and the field equations; Variational principle; Examples; Symmetric states; Appendix 2 Variational principle for collisionless plasmas; No constraints; Phase space condition and quasi-neutrality; The limit ... for two-species plasmas; A lower bound on W; Appendix 3 Symbols and fundamental constants; Symbols; Fundamental constants; References; Index