Introduction to Space Physics

Introduction 1. Brief history of solar terrestrial physics 2. Physics of space plasmas 3. The Sun 4. The solar wind 5. Collisionless shocks 6. Interactions with magnetized planets 7. Ionospheres 8. Interactions with unmagnetized bodies 9. Magnetopause, tail and reconnection 10. Magnetospheric configuration 11. Magnetic pulsations 12. Plasma waves 13. Magnetospheric dynamics 14. The aurora and the auroral ionosphere 15. Magnetospheres of outer planets Appendices Index.