Kinetic Theory of the Inner Magnetospheric Plasma

Dr. George V. Khazanov is a senior scientist in the Heliosphysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to joining NASA, he was a Tenured Professor of Physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Khazanov has extensive experience in space plasma physics and simulation of geophysical plasmas. His specific research areas include: space plasma energization and transport, kinetic theory of superthermal electrons in the ionosphere and plasmasphere, hydrodynamic and kinetic theory of space plasma in the presence of wave activity, theoretical and numerical-modeling investigations of ionosphere-plasmasphere interactions, theoretical studies of the artificial injection of charged and neutral particles into the ionosphere, and wave and beam-induced plasma instabilities in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Dr. Khazanov was the Dean of the College of Physics, and the Theoretical Physics Department Chair at Altai State University, Russia; Director of the Ionospheric Plasma Physics Laboratory at Irkutsk State University, Russia. He supervised and directed more than 30 M.S. and 15 Ph.D. graduates. He is the author or coauthor of 6 books and about 250 peer reviewed publications.

• Preface.- Introduction.- Kinetic Equations and Particle Collisions.- General Description of Wave Particle Interaction Phenomena.- Hydrodynamic Description of Space Plasma.- Analysis of Superthermal Electron Transport.- Analysis of Cold Plasma Transport.- Kinetic Theory of Superthermal Electron Transport.- Kinetic Superthermal Electron Instabilities in the Ionosphere.- Kinetic Theory of Ring Current and Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves: Fundamentals.- Kinetic Theory of Ring Current and Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves: Applications.- Concluding Remarks.

From the reviews:“The book is written in a direct and succinct style that makes it accessible and highly informative even to readers who are not experts in kinetic theory. … a valuable and welcome addition that fills an important niche in the space plasma physics literature. With its broad selection of topics and balance between technical detail and context, the book will be a valuable reference for all researchers in the field of space physics and for specialists in plasma theory … .” (David Knudsen, Physics Today, December, 2010)