Overview
- Provides an extensive review of observations of kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) in solar and heliospheric plasmas
- Presents numerous applications of KAWs in the solar–terrestrial coupling system
- Offers a detailed introduction to and comprehensive description of the theoretical properties of KAWs and the experimental demonstrations of these properties
Part of the book series: Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space (AEONS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Alfven waves
- Kinetic Alfven waves
- Solar and heliospheric plasmas
- Aurora and Auroral electron acceleration
- Solar coronal heating
- Solar wind turbulence
- Solar wind-magnetosphere interaction
- Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
- Astrophysical plasmas
- Plasma physics
- KAWs in solar plasmas
- KAWs in heliospheric plasmas
- Application of KAWs
About this book
This book provides a systematic introduction to the observation and application of kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) in various plasma environments, with a special focus on the solar-terrestrial coupling system. Alfven waves are low-frequency and long-wavelength fluctuations that pervade laboratory, space and cosmic plasmas. KAWs are dispersive Alfven waves with a short wavelength comparable to particle kinematic scales and hence can play important roles in the energization and transport of plasma particles, the formation of fine magneto-plasma structures, and the dissipation of turbulent Alfven waves.
Since the 1990s, experimental studies on KAWs in laboratory and space plasmas have significantly advanced our understanding of KAWs, making them an increasingly interesting subject. Without a doubt, the solar–terrestrial coupling system provides us with a unique natural laboratory for the comprehensive study of KAWs. This book presents extensive observations of KAWs in solar and heliospheric plasmas, as well as numerous applications of KAWs in the solar-terrestrial coupling system, including solar atmosphere heating, solarwind turbulence, solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, and magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.
In addition, for the sake of consistency, the book includes the basic theories and physical properties of KAWs, as well as their experimental demonstrations in laboratory plasmas. In closing, it discusses possible applications of KAWs to other astrophysical plasmas. Accordingly, the book covers all the major aspects of KAWs in a coherent manner that will appeal to advanced graduate students and researchers whose work involves laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. De-Jin Wu, after receiving his undergraduate education at Anhui University, completedhis MS and PhD degrees at Beijing Normal University and the CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)Purple Mountain Observatory, respectively. The author of numerous papers and a participant in a number of research programs, he is currently the lead researcher in the Solar and Heliospheric Plasmas Group at Purple Mountain Observatory, and a professor at the USTC (University of Science and Technology of China)School of Astronomy and Space Science. His major research interests are in KAWs in space and solar plasmas, as well as the inhomogeneous heating of solar coronal plasmas and solar radio bursts.
Dr. Ling Chen graduated from the CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Purple Mountain Observatory and received her PhD degree in Astrophysics in 2011. She is currently an associate researcher at Purple Mountain Observatory and an associate professor at the USTC (University of Science andTechnology of China) School of Astronomy and Space Science. Her major researches interests are in KAWs in the solar atmosphere and space plasmas.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Kinetic Alfvén Waves in Laboratory, Space, and Astrophysical Plasmas
Authors: De-Jin Wu, Ling Chen
Series Title: Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7989-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Nanjing University Press 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7988-8Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7991-8Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7989-5Published: 07 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2524-440X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4418
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 346
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Nanjing University Press, Nanjing, China
Topics: Solar and Heliospheric Physics , Plasma Physics, Planetary Sciences