Scaling laws for geomagnetic tail current sheet acceleration
By: Christopher Sherman
Series: Environmental research papers -- no. 981; AFGL-TR -- 87-0235; Environmental research papers (Hanscom AFB, Mass.) -- no. 981
Publisher: Ionospheric Physics Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Hanscom AFB, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Particle acceleration; Magnetosphere; Geomagnetic tail
Description: Solutions of the equation describing proton acceleration in the electric field of the Earth's geomagnetic tail often require lengthy numerical calculations and parametric exploration can be difficult. Here, considerations are presented of a scaling nature and shown that these considerations may be used to extend, correlate, organize, and verify groups of solutions with regard to parametric variation.
Notes: Title from cover.

"22 July 1987."

"Ionospheric Physics Division project 2310."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).