Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
May 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977rvgsp..15..156s&link_type=abstract
Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, vol. 15, May 1977, p. 156-194.
Physics
Space Physics
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Atmospheric Electricity, Earth Magnetosphere, Electric Fields, Auroral Zones, Charged Particles, Geomagnetic Tail, Ionospheric Currents, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Flux, Particle Acceleration, Polar Caps, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Studies of the earth's magnetosphere have indicated that a large-scale electric field E plays a central role in its electrodynamics and in the flow and acceleration of charged particles there; while many observations relevant to E have accumulated, quite a few basic problems involving the origin and structure of this field remain unsolved. The ultimate source of E is presumably the flow of the solar wind past the earth, but the mechanism by which E arises is still unclear, and several independent sources may contribute to it, some of them being of a rather transient nature. This review attempts to sum up the main observed facts and theoretical concepts related to E.
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