Earth's Magnetosphere: Formed by the Low Latitude Boundary Layer, Second Edition, provides a fully updated overview of both historical and current data related to the magnetosphere and how it is formed. With a focus on experimental data and space missions, the book goes in depth relating space physics to the Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. Starting with Newton’s law, this book also examines 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 interaction.This new edition of Earth’s Magnetosphere is updated with information on such topics as 3D reconnection, space weather implications, recent missions such as MMS, ionosphere outflow and coupling, and the inner magnetosphere. With the addition of end-of-chapter problems as well, this book is an excellent foundational reference for geophysicists, space physicists, plasma physicists, and graduate students alike.
1. 1: Historical introduction - p. page_1 2. Abstract - p. page_1 3. 1.1: Early history - p. page_2 4. 1.2: International Geophysical Year - p. page_4 5. 1.3: International Magnetospheric Study - p. page_6 6. 1.4: Electric and magnetic fields in space - p. page_10 7. 1.5: Reference frames and frozen fields - p. page_20 8. 1.6: Coronal expansion - p. page_21 9. 1.7: Solar wind - p. page_23 10. 1.8: Magnetosheath - p. page_31 11. 1.9: Magnetopause - p. page_34 12. 1.10: Cause and effect at the magnetopause - p. page_37 13. 1.11: Low-latitude boundary layer - p. page_48 14. 1.12: Discovery of the radiation belt - p. page_49 15. 1.13: The ionosphere - p. page_53 16. 1.14: High-frequency wave propagation - p. page_57 17. 1.15: Polar caps - p. page_65 18. 1.16: The aurora and substorms - p. page_66 19. 1.17: Discussion - p. page_78 20. 1.18: Problems - p. page_82 21. 2: Kirchhoff's laws - p. page_89 22. 3: Helmholtz's theorem - p. page_119 23. 4: Magnetohydrodynamic equations - p. page_167 24. 5: Poynting's energy conservation theorem - p. page_187 25. 6: Magnetopause - p. page_215 26. 7: High-altitude cusps - p. page_289 27. 8: Inner magnetosphere - p. page_327 28. 9: Low-latitude boundary layer - p. page_353 29. 10: Driving the plasma sheet - p. page_437 30. 11: Magnetospheric substorms - p. page_503 31. 12: Epilogue - p. page_583 32. Index - p. page_601
Earth's Magnetosphere: Formed by the Low Latitude Boundary Layer, Second Edition, provides a fully updated overview of both historical and current data related to the magnetosphere and how it is formed. With a focus on experimental data and space missions, the book goes in depth relating space physics to the Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. Starting with Newton’s law, this book also examines 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 interaction.This new edition of Earth’s Magnetosphere is updated with information on such topics as 3D reconnection, space weather implications, recent missions such as MMS, ionosphere outflow and coupling, and the inner magnetosphere. With the addition of end-of-chapter problems as well, this book is an excellent foundational reference for geophysicists, space physicists, plasma physicists, and graduate students alike.
1. 1: Historical introduction - p. page_1 2. Abstract - p. page_1 3. 1.1: Early history - p. page_2 4. 1.2: International Geophysical Year - p. page_4 5. 1.3: International Magnetospheric Study - p. page_6 6. 1.4: Electric and magnetic fields in space - p. page_10 7. 1.5: Reference frames and frozen fields - p. page_20 8. 1.6: Coronal expansion - p. page_21 9. 1.7: Solar wind - p. page_23 10. 1.8: Magnetosheath - p. page_31 11. 1.9: Magnetopause - p. page_34 12. 1.10: Cause and effect at the magnetopause - p. page_37 13. 1.11: Low-latitude boundary layer - p. page_48 14. 1.12: Discovery of the radiation belt - p. page_49 15. 1.13: The ionosphere - p. page_53 16. 1.14: High-frequency wave propagation - p. page_57 17. 1.15: Polar caps - p. page_65 18. 1.16: The aurora and substorms - p. page_66 19. 1.17: Discussion - p. page_78 20. 1.18: Problems - p. page_82 21. 2: Kirchhoff's laws - p. page_89 22. 3: Helmholtz's theorem - p. page_119 23. 4: Magnetohydrodynamic equations - p. page_167 24. 5: Poynting's energy conservation theorem - p. page_187 25. 6: Magnetopause - p. page_215 26. 7: High-altitude cusps - p. page_289 27. 8: Inner magnetosphere - p. page_327 28. 9: Low-latitude boundary layer - p. page_353 29. 10: Driving the plasma sheet - p. page_437 30. 11: Magnetospheric substorms - p. page_503 31. 12: Epilogue - p. page_583 32. Index - p. page_601
