Basic Space Plasma Physics Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Definition of a Plasma, Geophysical Plasmas, Magnetospheric Currents, Theoretical Approaches

2 Single Particle Motion

Field Equations, Gyration, Electric Drifts, Magnetic Drifts, Adiabatic Invariants

3 Trapped Particles

Dipole Field, Bounce Motion, Drift Motion, Sources and Sinks, Ring Current

4 Collisions and Conductivity

Collisions, Plasma Conductivity,Ionosphere Formation, Ionospheric Conductivity, Ionospheric Currents, Auroral Emissions

5 Convection and Substorms

Diffusion and Frozen Flux, Convection Electric Field, Corotation and Plasmasphere, High-Latitude Electrodynamics, Auroral Electrojets, Magnetospheric Substorms, Substorm Currents

6 Elements of Kinetic Theory

Exact Phase Space Density, Average Distribution Function, Velocity Distributions, Measured Distribution Functions, Macroscopic Variables

7 Magnetohydrodynamics

Multi-Fluid Theory, Equation of State, One-Fluid Theory, Stationarity and Equilibria

8 Flows and Discontinuities

Solar Wind, Fluid Boundaries, Discontinuities, Shocks, Bow Shock, Magnetopause

9 Waves in Plasma Fluids

Waves in Unmagnetized Fluids, General Dispersion Relation, Plasma Wave Energy, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Cold Electron Plasma Waves, Two-Fluid Plasma Waves, Geomagnetic Pulsations

10 Wave Kinetic Theory

Landau-Laplace Procedure, Landau Damping, Unmagnetized Plasma Waves, Magnetized Dispersion Relation, Electrostatic Plasma Waves, Electromagnetic Plasma Waves

A Some Basics

Useful Constants, Energy Units, Useful Formulas, Vectors and Tensors, Some Electrodynamics, Plasma Entropy, Aspects of Analytic Theory

B Some Extensions

Coulomb Logarithm, Transport Coefficients, Geomagnetic Indices, Liouville Approach, Clemmow-Mullaly-Allis Diagram, Magnetized Dielectric Tensor

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