Physics of heavy ions in the magnetosphere

Details Physics of heavy ions in the magnetosphere Physics of heavy ions in the magnetosphere

Mar 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978aero.repts....c&link_type=abstract

Interim Report Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA. Space Sciences Lab.

Physics

Earth Magnetosphere, Heavy Ions, Plasma Dynamics, Plasmas (Physics), Helium, Oxygen, Planetary Atmospheres, Radiation Belts

Scientific paper

Magnetospheric ions heavier than protons are important as test-particle probes of magnetospheric dynamical processes, but they are at least equally important for the major roles that they (notably He(+), He(++), and O(+) ions) play as active participants in natural phenomena. Studies of He(+) and He(++) ions of energy E = 100 keV yield quantitative information about the mechanisms responsible for magnetospheric radial diffusion. Helium ions at lower energies serve as test particles to distinguish between ionospheric sources and solar sources of magnetospheric plasma.

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