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

This book explores the interaction of solar wind with the magnetosphere starting with Newton's law and examining Maxwell's equations and subsidiary equations, Helmholtz's theorem and Poynting's theorem, and other methods.

Walter Heikkila (Author)

9780444562128, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 6 September 2011

536 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 0.59 kg

The author argues that, after five decades of debate about the interactive of solar wind with the magnetosphere, it is time to get back to basics. 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.

Prologue 1. Historical Introduction 2. Approximate Methods 3. Helmholtz’s Theorem 4. Poynting’s Energy Conservation Theorem5. Magnetopause6. High Altitude Cusps7. Low-Latitude Boundary Layer 7. Driving The Plasma Sheet 9. Magnetospheric Substorms10. Epilogue

Subject Areas: Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Earth sciences [RB], Astrophysics [PHVB]