内容简介
Spaceplasmaissohotthattheatomsbreakupintochargedparticleswhichthenbecometrappedandstoredinmagneticfields.Whencriticalconditionsarereachedthemagneticfieldbreaksup,releasingalargeamountofenergyandcausingdramaticphenomena.ThelargestspaceplasmaactivityeventsobservedinthesolarsystemoccurontheSun,whencoronalmassejectionsexpelseveralbilliontonsofplasmamassintospace.This2007bookprovidesacoherentanddetailedtreatmentofthephysicalbackgroundoflargeplasmaeruptionsinspace.Itprovidesthebackgroundnecessaryfordealingwithspaceplasmaactivity,andallowsthereadertoreachadeeperunderstandingofthisfascinatingnaturalevent.Thebookemploysbothfluidandkineticmodels,anddiscussestheapplicationstomagnetosphericandsolaractivity.Thiswillformaninterestingreferenceforgraduatestudentsandacademicresearchersinthefieldsofastrophysicsandplasmaphysics.