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Earth's magnetosphere : created by the low latitude boundary layer /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heikkila, Walter J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier Science, 2010.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 1. Historical Introduction
  • 2. Approximate Methods
  • 3. Helmholtz's Theorem
  • 4. Poynting's Energy Conservation Theorem
  • 5. Magnetopause
  • 6. High Altitude Cusps
  • 7. Low-Latitude Boundary Layer
  • 7. Driving The Plasma Sheet
  • 9. Magnetospheric Substorms
  • 10. Epilogue.