Kinetic Theory of the Inner Magnetospheric Plasma
This book provides a broad introduction to the kinetic theory of space plasma physics with the major focus on the inner magnetospheric plasma. It is designed to provide a comprehensive description of the different kinds of transport equations for both pla
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman W. B. BURTON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands ([email protected]) F. BERTOLA, University of Padua, Italy J.P. CASSINELLI, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. C.J. CESARSKY, European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Mu¨nchen, Germany P. EHRENFREUND, Leiden University, The Netherlands O. ENGVOLD, University of Oslo, Norway A. HECK, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France E.P.J. VAN DEN HEUVEL, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands V.M. KASPI, McGill University, Montreal, Canada J.M.E. KUIJPERS, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands H. VAN DER LAAN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands P.G. MURDIN, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK F. PACINI, Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Italy V. RADHAKRISHNAN, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India B.V. SOMOV, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia R.A. SUNYAEV, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
George V. Khazanov
Kinetic Theory of the Inner Magnetospheric Plasma
Dr. George V. Khazanov NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Heliophysics Science Div. (HSD) 20771 Greenbelt Maryland Mail Code 673 USA [email protected]
ISSN 0067-0057 ISBN 978-1-4419-6796-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6797-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6797-8 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937777 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To the loving memory of my parents Vladimir and Polina Khazanov To my wife, Tamara, and my sons Igor and Max
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Preface
The inner magnetosphere is an important region of space plasma because it is one of the “kitchens” for space weather effects. The scientific understanding of this region is important for predicting the interaction between space environmental conditions and human activities. The inner magnetospheric plasma is a unique composition of different plasma particles and waves. It covers a huge plasma energy range with spatial and time variations of many orders of magnitude. In such a situation, the kinetic approach is the
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