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OverviewThe discovery of the earth's radiation belts in 1957 marked the beginning of what is now known as magnetospheric physics. The field has evolved normally from an early discovery phase through a period of exploration and into an era of quantitative studies of the dynamics of magnetized plasmas as they occur in nature. Such environments are common throughout the universe and have been studied in varying detail at the sun, the planets, pulsars, and certain radio galaxies. The purpose of this book is to describe basic quantitative aspects of magnetospheric physics. We use selected examples from the earth's magnetosphere to show how theory and data together form a quantitative framework for magnetospheric research. We have tried to organize the material along the philosophy of starting simply and adding com plexity only as necessary. We have avoided controversial and relatively new research topics and have tried to use as examples physical processes generally accepted as important within the earth's magnetospheric system. However, even in some of our examples, the question of whether the physical process applied to a particular problem is the dominant process, has yet to be answered. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Larry R. Lyons , D.J. WilliamsPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1984 Volume: 23 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048183913ISBN 10: 904818391 Pages: 231 Publication Date: 28 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'...no hesitation in recommending it very strongly to post-graduate students and others needing an introduction to the field, for everything contained in this book is someting a well educated post-graduate student in space physics should know.' Contemporary Physics, 155 (1985) '...no hesitation in recommending it very strongly to post-graduate students and others needing an introduction to the field, for everything contained in this book is someting a well educated post-graduate student in space physics should know.' Contemporary Physics, 155 (1985) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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