The interaction between a magnetized plasma flow and a magnetized celestial body - A review of magnetospheric studies

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Mar 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978ssrv...21..489a&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 21, Mar. 1978, p. 489-526.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Planetary Atmospheres, Plasma Interactions, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Wind, Bibliographies, Collisionless Plasmas, Dynamo Theory, Earth (Planet), Electric Fields, Energy Dissipation, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Effects, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetospheric Instability, Mercury (Planet), Interaction, Plasmas, Flow, Magnetosphere, Magnetic Field, Jupiter, Electrodynamics, Solar Wind, Terrestrial Planets, Earth, Mercury

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Previous studies of solar-system magnetospheres are reviewed. Attention is given to the internal structure of the magnetospheres of earth and Mercury, the open structure of the terrestrial magnetosphere, aurorae, functions of the terrestrial magnetosphere, the disklike outer structure of Jupiter's magnetosphere, and the plasma processes involved in the development of a magnetospheric potential drop and electric field. The interaction between a turbulent magnetized plasma flow and a magnetosphere is discussed on the basis of studies of the solar-wind interaction with the terrestrial magnetosphere. A 'gathered' or folded magnetic equatorial plane is suggested for the sun, coronal holes are identified as the source region for fast solar-wind streams, and magnetic energy conversion processes of relevance to earth and the sun are considered. Two models of a magnetospheric substorm are examined, and difficulties encountered in understanding substorm processes are summarized.

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