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Space Physics
Authors: Daglis, Ioannis A.
Katsavrias, Christos
Sergis, Nikolaos
Georgiou, Marina
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > SOLAR SYSTEM > THE SUN
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > SOLAR SYSTEM > HELIOSPHERE
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS > SPACE INSTRUMENTS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > PLANETS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > PHYSICS OF PLASMAS AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES > GEOPHYSICAL, PLANETARY, SOLAR, AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMA
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > SPACE TECHNOLOGY > ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > SPACE TECHNOLOGY > MISSILES LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY
Keywords:
Space Physics
Solar Physics
Space Weather
Space Technology
Sun
Magnetosphere
Plasma Physics
Coronal Mass Ejections
Solar wind
Solar Terrestrial coupling
Ring current
Radiation belts
Space systems
Magnetometers
Particle detectors
Magnetohydrodynamics
Kinetic theory
Wave particle interactions
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Abstract:
This book covers the field of Space Physics, including some essential elements of Solar and Plasma Physics. Thus it complements the available academic books, as until recently there was no Space Physics book available in Greek. This book is divided into three parts. The first part is an introduction to Plasma Physics, dealing with basic plasma concepts such as frequency, gyroradius and electromagnetic shielding, while a detailed description of the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields, the kinetic theory and the magnetohydrodynamic approximation of plasma as a set of charged particles follow, as well as the waves generated in plasma and especially the waves generated in a planetary magnetosphere. The second part is the main part of Space Physics. Beginning with a description of the Sun and the solar wind as drivers of geospace disturbances, it continues with a detailed description of geospace as a set of trapped charged particle populations interacting with magnetic fields and various current systems within the Earth's magnetosphere, while also detailing the conditions that lead to disturbances of the system causing its extremely high variability. This section concludes with a description of the magnetospheres of the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn. The third part is an introduction to Space Weather and space technology. It begins by describing basic techniques for measuring particles and electromagnetic fields in space, characteristics of space systems, and the basic principles of rocket launch. Finally, the reader has a first acquaintance with the applied part of Space Physics, i.e. space weather and its effects both on terrestrial and space technological infrastructures and on humans themselves, highlighting the need for timely and accurate predictions of geospace dynamics.
Linguistic Editors: Tikopoulou, Magda
Technical Editors: Daglis, Ioannis A.
Katsavrias, Christos
Sergis, Nikolaos
Georgiou, Marina
Graphic Editors: Katsavrias, Christos
Georgiou, Marina
Other contributors: Φωτογραφία εξωφύλλου: ESA/NASA -SOHO/LASCO. Επιμέλεια εξωφύλλου: Αφροδίτη Νάση.
Cover photo: ESA/NASA -SOHO/LASCO. Cover editor: Aphrodite Nasi.
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 22-11-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-148-2
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-384
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/11507
Bibliographic Reference: Daglis, I., Katsavrias, C., Sergis, N., & Georgiou, M. (2023). Space Physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-384
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to plasma
3. Charged particle motion in electromagnetic fields
4. Macroscopic description of plasma
5. Plasma waves and their effect on charged particles
6. The Sun, the solar wind and the heliosphere
7. Geospace
8. Geospace disturbances
9. The giant gas planets and their magnetospheres
10. Space technology and space systems
11. Space weather – technological and biological effects
Number of pages 330
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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