TY - BOOK AU - Das A C TI - Space Plasma Physics: an introduction SN - 8173195757 U1 - 523.1 PY - 2004/// CY - New Delhi PB - Narosa Publishing House KW - Space Plasma Physics KW - Plasma Physics KW - Physics KW - Astronomy KW - Universe N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface / Part 1: Basic Plasma Processes / Introduction / Single Particle Motion / Statistical Description / Fluid Description of Plasma / Further Analysis-Macroscopic Domain / Magneto hydordynamics / MHD Waves-General Description / Dispersion Relation for MHD Waves / Waves in a Plasma / Plasma Waves in Magnetized Plasma / Plasma Instability / Nonlinear Waves, Soliton / Kinetic Theory of Waves and Instabilities / Part II: Space Physics / The Sun and the Solar Wind / Solar Wind Plasma Interaction with the Planetary Magnetosphere / Convection in the Magnetosphere: Coupling with Ionosphere / Dynamics of Particles and Fields in the Radiation Belt / Whistlers and VLF Emissions in Earth’s Magnetosphere / Parametric Instabilities and Striations in Ionosphere Modification / Magnetosphere on Inner Planets: Venus, Mars and Mercury / Magnetosphere of Outer Planets / References / Index ER -