Physics of Space Plasma Activity

ISBN: 9780521142366 出版年：2006 页码：524 Karl Schindler Cambridge University Press

Preface 1. Introduction Part I. Setting the Scene: 2. Sites of activity 3. Plasma models Part II. Quiescence: 4. Introduction 5. Magnetohydrodynamic states 6. Particle picture of steady states 7. A unified theory of steady states 8. Quasi-static evolution and thin current sheets (TCS) 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 derivations Appendix 2. Variational principle for collisionless plasmas Appendix 3. Symbols and fundamental constants References Index.