Space physics : an introduction / Russell, C.T.

Russell, C T

Space physics : an introduction / Russell, C.T. - UK : Cambridge University Press, 2016. - xvii, 479 p. : illustrations ;

Solar terrestrial physics: the evolution of a discipline -- The upper atmosphere and ionosphere -- Physics of magnetized plasmas -- The Sun and its atmosphere -- The solar wind and heliosphere -- Collisionless shocks -- Solar wind interaction with magnetized obstacles -- Plasma interactions with unmagnetized bodies -- Solar wind magnetosphere coupling -- The terrestrial magnetosphere -- The aurora -- Planetary magnetospheres -- Plasma waves.

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Astrophysics.
Solar wind.
Space plasmas.
Planets.

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