Hot plasmas in the Earth's magnetosphere
Abstract
Satellite observations of the links between the solar wind, the magnetosphere and the ionosphere are reviewed. The properties of hot plasma (E (CH76) 50 keV) from external regions of energy transfer and injection to the dissipation region formed by the high latitude ionosphere are described. The plasma sheet, a reservoir of hot plasma which can reach geostationary orbit when the magnetosphere is perturbed, is described. Plasma morphology and particle motion in electric and magnetic fields are considered. It is shown that plasmas can be accelerated at low altitudes in intense auroral arcs.
- Publication:
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Space Environment Technology
- Pub Date:
- April 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987spet.rept..209B
- Keywords:
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- Earth Magnetosphere;
- High Temperature Plasmas;
- Neutral Sheets;
- Plasma Acceleration;
- Solar Terrestrial Interactions;
- Solar Wind;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Auroral Arcs;
- Earth Ionosphere;
- Magnetic Storms;
- Particle Motion;
- Plasma Diffusion;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Plasma Physics