Earth's magnetosphere
Subtitle: formed by the low-latitude boundary layer
By: Walter J. Heikkila
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9780444528643
Subjects: Magnetospheric boundary layer; Magnetosphere; Planets; Magnetospheres
Description: The author argues that, after four decades of debate about the interactive of solar wind with the magnetosphere, it is time to get back to basics. Starting with Newton's law, this book also examines Maxwell's equations and subsidiary equations such as continuity, constitutive relations and the Lorentz transformation; Helmholtz' theorem, and Poynting's theorem, among other methods for understanding this interaction. Includes chapters on prompt particle acceleration to high energies, plasma transfer event, and the low latitude boundary layer More than 200 figures illustrate the text Includes a color insert.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-471) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: 1. Historical Introduction; title: 2. Approximate Methods; title: 3. Helmholtz's Theorem; title: 4. Poynting's Energy Conservation Theorem; title: 5. Magnetopause; title: 6. High Altitude Cusps; title: 7. Low-Latitude Boundary Layer; title: 7. Driving The Plasma Sheet; title: 9. Magnetospheric Substorms; title: 10. Epilogue.