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Physics of space storms is founded on physics of hot tenuous space plasmas. While the reader is assumed to be familiar with the basic concepts of plasma physics and master the classical electrodynamics, the motivation for this chapter is to review some of the main concepts, to introduce definitions and the notation to be used elsewhere in the book, and to highlight some aspects that are specific to space plasma physics.
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Koskinen, H.E.J. (2011). Physical Foundations. In: Physics of Space Storms. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00319-6_2
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