Sources

The major sources for this course are:

The theory of plasma waves:

T.H. Stix, 1st edition (McGraw-Hill, New York NY, 1962).

Plasma physics:

R.A. Cairns (Blackie, Glasgow, UK, 1985).

The framework of plasma physics:

R.D. Hazeltine, and F.L. Waelbroeck (Perseus, Reading MA, 1998).

Other sources include:

The mathematical theory of non-uniform gases:

S. Chapman, and T.G. Cowling (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 1953).

Physics of fully ionized gases:

L. Spitzer, Jr., 1st edition (Interscience, New York NY, 1956).

Radio waves in the ionosphere:

K.G. Budden (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 1961).

The adiabatic motion of charged particles:

T.G. Northrop (Interscience, New York NY, 1963).

Coronal expansion and the solar wind:

A.J. Hundhausen (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1972).

Solar system magnetic fields:

edited by E.R. Priest (D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1985).

Lectures on solar and planetary dynamos:

edited by M.R.E. Proctor, and A.D. Gilbert (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1994).

Introduction to plasma physics:

R.J. Goldston, and P.H. Rutherford (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1995).

Basic space plasma physics:

W. Baumjohann, and R. A. Treumann (Imperial College Press, London, UK, 1996).