TY  - GEN
AU  - Koskinen,Hannu E.J.
AU  - Kilpua,Emilia K.J.
TI  - Physics of Earth’s Radiation Belts : Theory and Observations
SN  - 978-3-030-82167-8
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Springer Nature
KW  - Geophysics
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Plasma physics
KW  - Astronomy, space & time
KW  - Aerospace & aviation technology
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - Earth's radiation belts
KW  - Van Allen belts
KW  - charged particle motion in Earth’s magnetosphere
KW  - sources and losses of radiation belt particles
KW  - whistler mode chorus
KW  - plasmaspheric hiss
KW  - electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves
KW  - wave-particle interactions
KW  - Pc5 waves
KW  - open access
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This open access book serves as textbook on the physics of the radiation belts surrounding the Earth. Discovered in 1958 the famous Van Allen Radiation belts were among the first scientific discoveries of the Space Age. Throughout the following decades the belts have been under intensive investigation motivated by the risks of radiation hazards they expose to electronics and humans on spacecraft in the Earth’s inner magnetosphere. This textbook teaches the field from basic theory of particles and plasmas to observations which culminated in the highly successful Van Allen Probes Mission of NASA in 2012-2019. Using numerous data examples the authors explain the relevant concepts and theoretical background of the extremely complex radiation belt region, with the emphasis on giving a comprehensive and coherent understanding of physical processes affecting the dynamics of the belts. The target audience are doctoral students and young researchers who wish to learn about the physical processes underlying the acceleration, transport and loss of the radiation belt particles in the perspective of the state-of-the-art observations
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51467/1/9783030821678.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72818
ER  -