A nonlinear dynamical analogue model of geomagnetic activity

Details A nonlinear dynamical analogue model of geomagnetic activity A nonlinear dynamical analogue model of geomagnetic activity

Aug 1992

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A8, Aug. 1, 1992, p. 12,253-12,266. Research supported by NASA.

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Dynamic Models, Earth Magnetosphere, Nonlinear Systems, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Energy Transfer, Geomagnetic Tail

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Consideration is given to the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction within the framework of deterministic nonlinear dynamics. An earlier dripping faucet analog model of the low-dimensional solar wind-magnetosphere system is reviewed, and a plasma physical counterpart to that model is constructed. A Faraday loop in the magnetotail is considered, and the relationship of electric potentials on the loop to changes in the magnetic flux threading the loop is developed. This approach leads to a model of geomagnetic activity which is similar to the earlier mechanical model but described in terms of the geometry and plasma contents of the magnetotail. The model is characterized as an elementary time-dependent global convection model. The convection evolves within a magnetotail shape that varies in a prescribed manner in response to the dynamical evolution of the convection. The result is a nonlinear model capable of exhibiting a transition from regular to chaotic loading and unloading. The model's behavior under steady loading and also some elementary forms of time-dependent loading is discussed.

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