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Author:   Billy McCormac ,  Billy M. McCormac
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1970 ed.
Volume:   17
Weight:   0.825kg
ISBN:  

9789027701312

ISBN 10:   9027701318
Pages:   453
Publication Date:   31 July 1970
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I: Magnetospheric Models.- Entry of Solar Cosmic Rays Into the Earth’s Magnetosphere.- Formation and Geometry of Geomagnetic Tail.- Magnetotail Plasma and Magnetospheric Substorms.- A Model Current System for the Magnetospheric Substorm.- On the Origin of Radiation Belt and Auroral Primary Ions.- Mathematical Models of Magnetospheric Convection and Its Coupling to the Ionosphere.- II: The Bow Shock.- Solar Wind Stimulation of the Magnetosphere.- Shock Waves in the Solar Wind.- Hydromagnetic Observations in the Solar Wind.- Plasma Measurements Near the Earth’s Bow Shock: Vela 4.- AC Electric and Magnetic Fields and Collisionless Shock Structures.- III: Magnetospheric Particles.- Energetic Particle Phenomena in the Earth’s Magnetospheric Tail.- Anisotropic Distributions of Energetic Electrons in the Earth’s Magnetotail and Magnetosheath.- Trapped and Polar Particles During the June 9, 1968 Magnetic Storm.- Solar Particle Observations Over the Polar Caps.- The Reaction of the Plasmapause to Varying Magnetic Activity.- IV: Magnetic and Electric Fields in the Magnetosphere.- Magnetic Fields in the Earth’s Tail.- Magnetic Field Observations in High ? Regions of the Magnetosphere.- Fluctuations in the Distant Geomagnetic Field During Substorms: ATS 1.- AC Magnetic Fields.- Electric Fields in the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere.- Auroral and Polar Cap Electric Fields from Barium Releases.- Satellite Measurements of DC Electric Fields in the Ionosphere.- Variations in Electric Fields from Polar Orbiting Satellites.- V: Wave-Particle Interactions.- High Frequency Electrostatic Waves in the Magnetosphere.- Mutually Interacting Instabilities in the Magnetosphere.- AC Fields and Wave Particle Interactions.- Hydromagnetic Waves and Instabilities in the Magnetosphere.-Intensity of Discrete VLF Emissions.- VI: Radiation Belt Observations.- Summary of Particle Populations in the Magnetosphere.- Further Comments Concerning Low Energy Charged Particle Distributions Within the Earth’s Magnetosphere and Its Environs.- The Origin and Distribution of Energetic Electrons in the Van Allen Radiation Belts.- Recent Measurements of Inner Belt Protons.- Alpha Particles Trapped in the Earth’s Magnetic Field.- Measurements of Trapped ?-Particles: 2?L?4.5.- VII: Acceleration and Motion of Particles.- Introductory Survey of Radiation Belt Diffusion.- Trapped Protons ?100 KeV and Possible Sources.- Radial Diffusion of Trapped Particles.- On the Balance Between Radial and Pitch Angle Diffusion.- VIII: Summary.- Panel Report.- Conclusions.- Appendix I: Glossary.- Index of Subjects.

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