Earth's Magnetosphere : Formed by the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

Heikkila, Walter J.

Elsevier Science Ltd（2011/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 477 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780444528643
• DDC分類 550

基本説明

Argues that, after 4 decades of debate about the interaction 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.

Full Description

The author argues that, after five 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.

Contents

Prologue 1. Historical Introduction 2. Approximate Methods 3. Helmholtz's Theorem 4. Poynting's Energy Conservation Theorem5. Magnetopause6. High Altitude Cusps7. Low-Latitude Boundary Layer 7. Driving The Plasma Sheet 9. Magnetospheric Substorms10. Epilogue