Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989itps...17...83k&link_type=abstract
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 17, April 1989, p. 83-108.
Physics
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Auroral Arcs, Earth Ionosphere, Magnetic Storms, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Coupled Modes, Dynamo Theory, Magnetopause, Plasma Sheaths, Polar Caps, Volt-Ampere Characteristics
Scientific paper
The paper presents a coherent picture of fundamental physical processes in three basic elements of the solar-wind/magnetosphere/ionosphere coupling system: (1) the field-aligned potential structure which leads to the formation of auroral arcs, (2) the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling which leads to the onset of magnetospheric substorms, and (3) the solar-wind/magnetosphere dynamo which supplies the power driving various magnetospheric processes. Process (1) is forced into existence by the loss-cone constriction effect when the upward field-aligned current density exceeds the loss-cone thermal flux limit. Substorm onset occurs when the ionosphere responds fully to the enhanced magnetospheric convection driven by the solar wind. Energy is transferred from the solar wind to the magnetosphere by a dynamo process, primarily on open field lines.
Akasofu Syun-Ichi
Kan Joseph R.
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