Abstract
The classical theoretical approach to cosmic plasmas can be characterized as the kinetic theory of gases generalized to include the electromagnetic forces acting on ions and electrons. The pioneers in the field were Chapman, Cowling and Spitzer, and their work has been further developed by a large number of prominent theoretical physicists. The result has been a mathematical formalism (which we shall refer to as the classical theory of cosmic plasmas) which is a very powerful tool in the hands of a competent scientist, but which, at the same time, is drastically misleading when not applied with sufficient care.
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Alfvén, H. (1981). Theory of Cosmic Plasmas. In: Cosmic Plasma. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8374-8_4
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