Characterizing Space Plasmas A Data Driven Approach /

• Main Author: Parks, George K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Solar system.; Mathematical physics.; Fluids.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Plasma Physics.; Solar and Heliospheric Physics .; Theoretical Astrophysics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

This didactic book uses a data-driven approach to connect measurements made by plasma instruments to the real world. This approach makes full use of the instruments' capability and examines the data at the most detailed level an experiment can provide. Students using this approach will learn wh...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Basic Equations and Concepts
• 2 Charged Particle Acceleration
• 3 Escaping Stellar Particles
• 4 Collisionless Shocks
• 5 Boundaries and Current Sheets
• 6 Electric Field and Current
• 7 Topics for Further Studies
• Index.