1st Edition
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Geospace The Theory of ULF Waves and their Interaction with Energetic Particles in the Solar-Terrestrial Environment
By A.D.M. Walker
Copyright 2004
570 Pages
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CRC Press
549 Pages
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CRC Press
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Solar-terrestrial physics deals with phenomena in the region of space between the surface of the Sun and the upper atmosphere of the Earth, a region dominated by matter in a plasma state. This area of physics describes processes that generate the solar wind, the physics of geospace and the Earth's magnetosphere, and the interaction of magnetospheric processes with the upper atmosphere. Such... Read more
I Fundamentals of MHD Wave Theory
Basic Ideas of Thermodynamics and Electrodynamics
The Magnetohydrodynamic Approximation
Single Particle Motion in Electromagnetic Fields
Kinetic Theory of Plasmas
Fluid Behaviour
Equilibrium and Steady State Conditions
Harmonic Plane Waves in a Uniform, Loss-Free Plasma
Collisionless damping of MHD waves
Wave Packets and Energy Propagation in Uniform Media
Reflection and Transmission at Sharp Boundaries in Stationary Media
Slowly Varying Media
II The Solar-Terrestrial Environment
The Sun, the Solar Wind and the Magnetosphere
Observations of ULF Oscillations and Waves
III Waves in Solar Terrestrial Physics
MHD Wave Equations in Non-Uniform Media
Propagation in a Plane Stratified Medium
Standing Waves and Oscillations in a Cold Plasma
Standing Waves and Oscillations in a Compressional Plasma
Field Line Resonance in Low Pressure Plasmas
Mathematics of Field Line Resonance in Compressible Media
Cavity Oscillations and Waveguide Modes
Waves in Moving Media
Shock Waves
Magnetohydrodynamic Instability
Wave-Particle Interactions and Kinetic Effects
Last Words
IV Appendices
A Some Mathematical Techniques
B Properties of the Geomagnetic Field
C Fourier Analysis Techniques
D Wave Analysis Techniques
Basic Ideas of Thermodynamics and Electrodynamics
The Magnetohydrodynamic Approximation
Single Particle Motion in Electromagnetic Fields
Kinetic Theory of Plasmas
Fluid Behaviour
Equilibrium and Steady State Conditions
Harmonic Plane Waves in a Uniform, Loss-Free Plasma
Collisionless damping of MHD waves
Wave Packets and Energy Propagation in Uniform Media
Reflection and Transmission at Sharp Boundaries in Stationary Media
Slowly Varying Media
II The Solar-Terrestrial Environment
The Sun, the Solar Wind and the Magnetosphere
Observations of ULF Oscillations and Waves
III Waves in Solar Terrestrial Physics
MHD Wave Equations in Non-Uniform Media
Propagation in a Plane Stratified Medium
Standing Waves and Oscillations in a Cold Plasma
Standing Waves and Oscillations in a Compressional Plasma
Field Line Resonance in Low Pressure Plasmas
Mathematics of Field Line Resonance in Compressible Media
Cavity Oscillations and Waveguide Modes
Waves in Moving Media
Shock Waves
Magnetohydrodynamic Instability
Wave-Particle Interactions and Kinetic Effects
Last Words
IV Appendices
A Some Mathematical Techniques
B Properties of the Geomagnetic Field
C Fourier Analysis Techniques
D Wave Analysis Techniques
Biography
Walker, A.D.M.
"The book by Walker gives a thoroughly comprehensive and clear account of the main ideas underpinning the behaviour of such waves in solar-terrestrial physics."
-Professor E.R. Priest, Contemporary Physics
