Kinetic Theory of the Inner Magnetospheric Plasma

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • George V. Khazanov

   Pages 1-10

3. Kinetic Equations and Particle Collisions

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   Pages 11-26

4. General Description of Wave–Particle Interaction Phenomena

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   Pages 27-63

5. Hydrodynamic Description of Space Plasma

   • George V. Khazanov

   Pages 65-124

6. Transport of Superthermal Electrons: General Analysis

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   Pages 125-191

7. Analysis of Cold Plasma Transport

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   Pages 193-269

8. Kinetic Theory of Superthermal Electron Transport

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   Pages 271-376

9. Kinetic Superthermal Electron Instabilities in the Ionosphere

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   Pages 377-428

10. Kinetic Theory of Ring Current and Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves: Fundamentals

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    Pages 429-489

11. Kinetic Theory of Ring Current and Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves: Applications

    • George V. Khazanov

    Pages 491-540

12. Back Matter

    Pages 541-581

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The inner magnetosphere plasma is a very unique composition of different plasma particles and waves. It covers a huge energy plasma range with spatial and time variations of many orders of magnitude. In such a situation, the kinetic approach is the key element, and the starting point of the theoretical description of this plasma phenomena which requires a dedicated book to this particular area of research.

• Hydrodynamic Description of Space Plasma
• Kinetic Theory of Superthermal Electron Transport
• book on space plasmas
• kinetic features in plasma
• kinetic interpretation of plasma
• kinetic theory
• magnetosphere

From the reviews:

“The book is written in a direct and succinct style that makes it accessible and highly informative even to readers who are not experts in kinetic theory. … a valuable and welcome addition that fills an important niche in the space plasma physics literature. With its broad selection of topics and balance between technical detail and context, the book will be a valuable reference for all researchers in the field of space physics and for specialists in plasma theory … .” (David Knudsen, Physics Today, December, 2010)

• Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Heliophysics Science Div. (HSD), NASA, Greenbelt, USA

  George V. Khazanov

Dr. George V. Khazanov is a senior scientist in the Heliosphysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to joining NASA, he was a Tenured Professor of Physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Khazanov has extensive experience in space plasma physics and simulation of geophysical plasmas. His specific research areas include: space plasma energization and transport, kinetic theory of superthermal electrons in the ionosphere and plasmasphere, hydrodynamic and kinetic theory of space plasma in the presence of wave activity, theoretical and numerical-modeling investigations of ionosphere-plasmasphere interactions, theoretical studies of the artificial injection of charged and neutral particles into the ionosphere, and wave and beam-induced plasma instabilities in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Dr. Khazanov was the Dean of the College of Physics, and the Theoretical Physics Department Chair at Altai State University, Russia; Director of the Ionospheric Plasma Physics Laboratory at Irkutsk State University, Russia. He supervised and directed more than 30 M.S. and 15 Ph.D. graduates. He is the author or coauthor of 6 books and about 250 peer reviewed publications.

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