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The magnetopause, its boundary layers and pathways to the magnetotail
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Lavraud, B., Foullon, C. (Claire), Farrugia, C. J. (Charles John) and Eastwood, Jonathan P. (2011) The magnetopause, its boundary layers and pathways to the magnetotail. In: Liu, William and Fujimoto, Masaki, (eds.) The Dynamic Magnetosphere. IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, Vol.3 . Dordrecht ; New York: Springer, pp. 3-28. ISBN 9789400705012
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0501-2_1
Abstract
We review the current understanding of the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetopause and boundary layers. We describe basic insights and recent advances concerning the main mechanisms that mediate solar wind energy, momentum and plasma transfer into the magnetosphere: magnetic reconnection, the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability and diffusive processes. We also present more global aspects of magnetopause and boundary layer dynamics, focusing specifically on recent studies of global solar wind–magnetosphere coupling and on solar wind plasma pathways to the magnetotail.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Magnetopause, Magnetotails, Magnetosphere | ||||
Series Name: | IAGA Special Sopron Book Series | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
Place of Publication: | Dordrecht ; New York | ||||
ISBN: | 9789400705012 | ||||
Book Title: | The Dynamic Magnetosphere | ||||
Editor: | Liu, William and Fujimoto, Masaki | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 368 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-28 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-0501-2_1 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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