Advanced Space Plasma Physics Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Plasma Properties, Particle Motions, Basic Kinetic Equations, Plasma Waves

2 Concept of Instability

Linear Instability, Electron Stream Modes, Buneman-Instability, Ion Beam Instability

3 Macroinstabilities

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability, Farley-Buneman Instability, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Firehose Instability, Mirror Instability, Flux Tube Instabilities

4 Electrostatic Instabilities

Gentle Beam Instability, Ion-Acoustic Instabilities, Electron-Acoustic Instability, Current-Driven Cyclotron Modes, Loss Cone Instabilities, Electrostatic Cyclotron Waves

5 Electromagnetic Instabilities

Weibel Instability, Anisotropy-Driven Instabilities, Ion Beam Instabilities, Upstream Ion Beam Modes, Maser Instability

6 Drift Instabilities

Drift Waves, Kinetic Drift Wave Theory, Drift Modes

7 Reconnection

Reconnection Rates, Steady Collisionless Reconnection, Resistive Tearing Mode, Collisionless Tearing Mode, Percolation

8 Wave-Particle Interaction

Trapping in Single Waves, Exact Nonlinear Waves, Weak Particle Turbulence, Resonance Broadening, Pitch Angle Diffusion, Weak Macro-Turbulence

9 Weak Wave Turbulence

Coherent Wave Turbulence, Incoherent Wave Turbulence, Weak Drift Wave Turbulence, Nonthermal Radio Bursts

10 Nonlinear Waves

Single Nonlinear Waves, Nonlinear Wave Evolution, Inverse-Scattering Method, Acoustic Solitons, Alfven Solitons, Drift Wave Turbulence

11 Strong Turbulence

Ponderomotive Force, Nonlinear Wave Equation Modulational Instability, Langmuir Turbulence Lower-Hybrid Turbulence, Particle Effects

12 Collective Effects

Anomalous Resistivity, Anomalous Diffusion Collisionless Shock Waves, Shock Wave Structure Particle Acceleration, Acceleration in Wave Fields

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