Plasma Astrophysics Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
1.1	The Solar Corona	2
1.2	Dynamic Processes	7
1.3	Stellar Coronae	11
1.4	Fundamental Equations	15
Ch. 2	Basic Concepts	22
2.1	Single Particle Orbit	22
2.2	Particle Trapping in Magnetic Fields	30
2.3	Generation of Beams	33
2.4	Debye Shielding	35
2.5	Charge Oscillations and the Plasma Frequency	38
2.6	Collisions	40
Ch. 3	Magnetohydrodynamics	51
3.1	Basic Statistics	51
3.2	MHD Waves	61
Ch. 4	Waves in a Cold, Collisionless Plasma	69
4.1	Approximations and Assumptions	69
4.2	Cold Plasma Modes	71
4.3	Parallel Waves	76
4.4	Perpendicular Propagation	81
4.5	Oblique Propagation and Overview	83
4.6	Beam Mode	85
Ch. 5	Kinetic Plasma and Particle Beams	89
5.1	Radio Observations of Solar Electron Beams	89
5.2	Waves and Instability in Kinetic Plasmas	94
5.3	Plasma Waves in the Solar Corona	107
Ch. 6	Astrophysical Electron Beams	115
6.1	The Beam-Plasma System	115
6.2	Non-Linear Evolution and Saturation	120
6.3	Plasma Emission	127
6.4	Hard X-Ray Emission of Beams	142
Ch. 7	Ion Beams and Electromagnetic Instabilities	154
7.1	Observations of Energetic Ions	154
7.2	Electromagnetic Instabilities of Velocity Space Anisotropy	158
7.3	Applications to Ion Beams	168
7.4	Electrostatic Ion Beam Instabilities	174
Ch. 8	Electrons Trapped in Magnetic Fields	177
8.1	Observational Motivation	178
8.2	Loss-Cone Instabilities	184
8.3	Precipitation of Trapped Particles	194
8.4	Observations of Trapped Electrons	198
Ch. 9	Electric Currents	212
9.1	Origin of Currents in Coronae	212
9.2	Classical Conductivity and Particle Acceleration in Stable Currents	215
9.3	Instabilities of Electric Currents	220
9.4	Anomalous Conductivity, Heating, and Acceleration	223
9.5	Observing Currents	227
Ch. 10	Collisionless Shock Waves	234
10.1	Elementary Concepts	235
10.2	Collisionless Shocks in the Solar System	241
10.3	Particle Acceleration and Heating by Shocks	249
10.4	Stochastic Particle Acceleration	255
Ch. 11	Propagation of Radiation	260
11.1	Transfer Equation	261
11.2	Collisional Absorption	264
11.3	Dispersion Effects	266
11.4	Scattering at Plasma Inhomogeneities	275
11.5	Propagation in a Fibrous Medium	278
	App. A: Mathematical Expressions	284
	App. B: Units	286
	App. C: Frequently Used Expressions	287
	App. D: Notation	289
	Author Index	292
	Subject Index	295