Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
May 1995
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Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp.363-387
Physics
Geophysics
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Magnetosphere, Plasma, Structure, Entry Boundary, Geopause, Region-1 Vortices, Lowenergy Layer, Adiabacity Boundary, Injection Port
Scientific paper
Recent investigations of magnetospheric plasma structure are summarized under the broad categories of empirical models, transport across boundaries, formation, and dynamics of the plasma sheet. This report reviews work in these areas during the period 1991 to 1993. Fully three-dimensional empirical models and simulations have become important contributors to our understanding of the magnetospheric system. Some new structural concepts have appeared in the literature: the ‘entry boundary’ and ‘geopause’, the plasma sheet ‘region 1 vortices’, the ‘low-energy layer’, the ‘adiabaticity boundary’ or ‘wall region’, and a region in the tail to which we refer as the ‘injection port’. Traditional structural concepts have also been the subject of recent study, notably the plasmapause, the magnetopause, and the plasma sheet. Significant progress has been made in understanding the nature of plasma sheet formation and dynamics, but the acceleration of electrons to high energy remains somewhat mysterious.
Delcourt Dominique C.
Moore Thomas Earle
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