Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84...93p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Jan. 1, 1979, p. 93-100.
Physics
Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Atmospheric Models, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Space Charge, Trapped Particles
Scientific paper
The reconnection model has dominated magnetospheric theory for a number of years but recently contrary evidence has accumulated. In the present paper the closed field line model is revived and extended for the different cases of a northward and southward IMF and for polar cap invasion by solar flare particles. A sharp distinction is made between magnetotails created by the motion of closed field lines through the dawn and dusk meridians and by the motion of open field lines over the polar caps. Closed field lines entering the tail may behave in different ways and may provide the long-sought explanation of the magnetospheric substorm. If closed magnetic flux loops are able to enter the magnetotail, the problem of tail dissipation assumes a new perspective because flux and plasma may rejoin in the absence of reconnection.
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