Dynamics of Magnetically Trapped Particles Foundations of the Physics of Radiation Belts and Space Plasmas /

• Main Authors: Roederer, Juan G. (Author), Zhang, Hui (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 403
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Space sciences.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Plasma Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.

This book is a new edition of Roederer’s classic Dynamics of Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation, updated and considerably expanded. The main objective is to describe the dynamic properties of magnetically trapped particles in planetary radiation belts and plasmas and explain the physical processes in...

Table of Contents:

• Particle Drifts and the First Adiabatic Invariant
• Particle Trapping, Drift Shells and the Second Adiabatic Invariant
• Periodic Drift Motion and the Third Adiabatic Invariant
• Trapped Particle Distributions and Flux Mapping
• Violation of the Adiabatic Invariants and Trapped Particle Diffusion
• Introduction to Plasma Physics.