The present sixth volume of ISSI Space Sciences Series is the outcome of the most ambitious study project of ISSI hitherto, that on 'Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma'. The goal has been to produce a fully integrated book on the subject, which gives an authoritative overview of all aspects of the topic in a well organized form, useful and readable both for active researchers in the field and for young scientists who are starting their research in space physics. In order to represent the full diversity of experience and perspective that exists in the science community, some 50 leading scientists from allover the world were invited to participate in the project and contribute to the text. With the scientific competence well in hand, the dominating problem in producing the book has been to achieve a degree of consistency in style, nomenclature, notations and format, as well as good cross referencing. To what degree we have succeeded in reaching our goal of delivering a volume that will be useful to the community in both its comprehensiveness and readability remains to be decided by the readers. The book is the outcome of a three year long process. In December 1995 the study project on 'Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma' was se lected by ISSI after consultations with several groups of senior representatives of the space physics community.
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Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 88/1-2
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
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Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 35 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7923-5846-6 (9780792358466)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-4477-3
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1 Introduction.- 2 Source processes in the high-latitude ionosphere.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Ionospheric Context.- 2.3 Collisional Bulk Heating.- 2.4 Transverse Ion Energization.- 2.5 Parallel Acceleration of Ions and Electrons.- 2.6 Summary of Ion Outflows.- 2.7 Conclusions, Controversies and Open Questions.- 3 Processes leading to plasma losses into the high-latitude atmosphere.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Main loss processes.- 3.3 Polar Cap-Regions that May be on Open Field Lines.- 3.4 Precipitation from the Plasma Sheet.- 3.5 Where we stand today.- 4 Source and loss processes in the inner magnetosphere.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Physical Processes.- 4.3 Radiation Belts.- 4.4 Ring Current.- 4.5 Cold and Suprathermal Partides In the Inner Magnetosphere.- 5 Plasma transfer processes at the magnetopause.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Magnetic Reconnection.- 5.3 Finite Larmor Radius Effecte.- 5.4 Diffusion.- 5.5 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability.- 5.6 Impulsive Penetration.- 5.7 The Special Mole of the Cusp.- 5.8 Summary and Conclusions.- 5.9 Future Directions.- 6 Source and loss processes in the magnetotail.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Magnetotail Overview.- 6.3 Models.- 6.4 Observations.- 6.5 Data-Theory Closure.- 6.6 Alternate Scenarios.- 6.7 Summary and Remarks.- 7 Contribution of different source and loss processes to the magnetospheric plasma content.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Summary of Source Processes.- 7.3 Summary of Loss Processes.- 7.3. Ion Loss Through the Distant Tail.- 7.4 Balance Between Source and Loss Processes.- 8 Magnetospheric plasma sources and losses: future directions.- 8.1Introduction.- 8.2 Identification of Global Sources.- 8.3 Search for and Identification of Reconnection Site.- 8.4 Entry and Transport Processes.- 8.5 Mixing of the Solar Wind and Ionospheric Sources.- 8.6 Losses.- Appendix A/ Simulation models.- A.1 MHD models.- A.2 Basics of Large Scale Kinetic (LSK) Models.- Appendix B/ Diffusive Processes.- B.1 Basic Concepts.- B.2 Anomalous Diffusion.- Appendix C / List of symbols and conventions used.- Appendix D/ Abbreviations and Acronyms.
