Earth's Magnetosphere: Formed by the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer - Tapa blanda

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Walter Heikkila is Professor Emeritus in the Physics Department at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests include space physics and solar physics, specifically magnetospheric physics, solar wind, and auroral substorms. He received his PhD in Low Temperature Physics from the University of Toronto. He has since worked for the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment, before becoming Associate Professor of Physics at the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies and subsequently Professor of Physics at University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of the first edition of Earth’s Magnetosphere and a leading expert on the Earth’s magnetic field.

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After half a century of debate about the interaction of solar wind with the magnetosphere, it is time to get back to basics. Beginning with a historical introduction that examines Newton’s laws, Earth’s Magnetosphere then explores Maxwell’s equations and subsidiary equations such as continuity, constitutive relations, and the Lorentz transformation; Helmholtz’ theorem; and Poynting’s theorem, among other methods for understanding this exchange.

This book includes more than 200 illustrations and features concepts including:

• Two efficient particle energization mechanisms
• Plasma Transfer Event (PTE)
• Low-Latitude Boundary Layer