Theory of Space Plasma Microinstabilities Book

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
1.1	Micro- vs macro-	1
1.2	The kinetic equation	2
1.3	The Vlasov equation	4
1.4	Definitions	5
1.5	Fluctuations, waves and instabilities	6
2	Electrostatic waves in uniform plasmas	11
2.1	Zeroth-order distributions: the Maxwellian	11
2.2	Electrostatic waves in unmagnetized plasmas	12
2.3	Electrostatic waves in magnetized plasmas	22
3	Electrostatic component/component instabilities in uniform plasmas	30
3.1	Zeroth-order distributions: free energy sources	31
3.2	Electrostatic component/component instabilities in unmagnetized plasmas	33
3.3	Electrostatic component/component instabilities in magnetized plasmas	55
4	Electrostatic drift instabilities in inhomogeneous plasmas	67
4.1	Density drift instabilities	67
4.2	Density drift instabilities in accelerated plasmas	77
4.3	Temperature gradients and drift instabilties	82
5	Electromagnetic fluctuations in uniform plasmas	86
5.1	The electromagnetic dispersion equation	86
5.2	Identifiers of electromagnetic fluctuations	91
6	Electromagnetic waves in uniform plasmas	98
6.1	The electromagnetic dispersion equation	98
6.2	Electromagnetic waves	101
7	Electromagnetic temperature anisotropy instabilities in uniform plasmas	123
7.1	The electromagnetic dispersion equation	124
7.2	Electromagnetic ion temperature anisotropy instabilities	127
7.3	Electromagnetic electron temperature anisotropy instabilities	135
8	Electromagnetic component/component instabilities in uniform plasmas	143
8.1	The electromagnetic dispersion equation	144
8.2	Electromagnetic ion/ion instabilities	146
8.3	Electromagnetic electron/electron instabilities	156
8.4	Electromagnetic electron/ion instabilities	160
8.5	Electrostatic ion/ion instabilities: electromagnetic effects	162
	Appendix A The plasma dispersion function	170
	Appendix B Unperturbed orbits	172
	Appendix C Integral evaluation	174
	Index of symbols	177
	Index	179