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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Heikkila
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2011
• EAN: 9780444562128
• ISBN: 978-0-444-56212-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 25 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 859 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Earth Sciences, Physical geography and topography, Geology & The Lithosphere