Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
May 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978rvgsp..16..161j&link_type=abstract
Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, vol. 16, May 1978, p. 161-167.
Physics
Space Physics
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Convective Flow, Geomagnetism, Magnetospheric Instability, Solar Wind, Current Density, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetopause
Scientific paper
Viscously driven magnetospheric models, as well as a model involving interconnection between the geomagnetic field and the magnetic field in the solar wind, have been proposed to describe the driving force for magnetospheric convection. Lack of a satisfactory theory for the interconnection in the latter model and, in the case of the viscous interaction models, inadequacies in predicting the quantity of the driving force, make these two classes of models less than successful. Accordingly, a mechanically driven magnetospheric model is proposed: solar wind plasma enters the magnetosphere around the neutral points, covers the inner surface of the magnetopause and subsequently expands, driving convection as it escapes from the open tail.
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