- Plasma models and main parameters. Plasma quasi-neutrality. Plasma parameter. Geophysical plasma.
- Vlasov equation. Typical velocity distributions in Earth magnetosphere. Measured quantities.
- Collisions in plasma. Magnetic diffusion.
- Hydrodynamic variables and equations of multi- fluid magnetohydrodynamics.
- Pressure anisotropy in plasma. Double- adiabatic invariants for a plasma in strong magnetic field.
- One- fluid MHD. Generalized Ohm's law. Magnetic pressure.
- Ideal MHD. Frozen-in properties of magnetic field in plasma.
- The Ferraro theorem. Magnetic hydrostatics. Force- free magnetic field configurations. Validity of
magnetohydrodynamics.
- Equilibrium of a neutral current sheet. The Harris model.
- Dispersion of plasma waves in linear theory. Langmuir waves. Debye shielding.
- Waves in non- magnetic plasma. Ion sound. Electromagnetic waves in plasma. Cut- off frequency and
plasma sounding.
- Dispersion relation for waves in cold magnetized plasma.
- Electrostatic waves. Upper- hybrid, lower- hybrid and cyclotron modes.
- High- frequency electromagnetic waves in cold magnetized plasma.
Perpendicular propagation.
- Parallel propagation.
- Whistlers.
- Magnetosonic and Alfven waves in ideal MHD. Friedrichs diagram.
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