Physics of the Hot Plasma in the Magnetosphere

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Introductory Lecture

   1. Electric Current Structure of the Magnetosphere

      • Hannes Alfvén

      Pages 1-22

3. Entry of the Hot Plasma into the Magnetosphere

   1. Entry of Solar Wind Plasma into the Magnetosphere

      • Gerhard Haerendel, Götz Paschmann

      Pages 23-43

   2. Composition of the Hot Plasmas in the Magnetosphere

      • R. G. Johnson, R. D. Sharp, E. G. Shelley

      Pages 45-68

4. Distribution within the Magnetosphere and Large Scale Dynamical Processes

   1. Magnetospheric Plasma Regions and Boundaries

      • Walter J. Heikkila

      Pages 69-90

   2. Auroral Electron Beams near the Magnetic Equator

      • Carl E. McIlwain

      Pages 91-112

   3. A Study of Auroral Displays Photographed from the DMSP-2 and ISIS-2 Satellites

      • S.-I. Akasofu

      Pages 113-136

   4. Recent Observations Relating to the Dynamics and Origin of the Magnetotail Plasma Sheet

      • E. W. Hones Jr.

      Pages 137-158

   5. Hot Plasma Dynamics within Geostationary Altitudes

      • Donald J. Williams

      Pages 159-185

5. Accleration/Heating and Instabilities/Turbulence

   1. Acceleration Processes in the Plasma Sheet

      • J. W. Dungey

      Pages 187-199

   2. VLF Electrostatic Waves in the Magnetosphere

      • M. Ashour-Abdalla, C. F. Kennel

      Pages 201-227

   3. Double Layers

      • Lars P. Block

      Pages 229-249

   4. Plasma Turbulence in the Magnetosphere with Special Regard to Plasma Heating

      • A. A. Galeev

      Pages 251-270

   5. Characteristics of Instabilities in the Magnetosphere Deduced from Wave Observations

      • Frederick L. Scarf

      Pages 271-289

   6. Some Experimentally Determined Characteristics of the Turbulence in the Magnetosphere

      • Bengt Hultqvist

      Pages 291-318

6. Interaction with the Ionosphere

   1. Evidence for the Low Altitude Acceleration of Auroral Particles

      • David S. Evans

      Pages 319-340

   2. Mechanisms for Driving Birkeland Currents

      • Rolf Boström

      Pages 341-362

7. Back Matter

   Pages 363-369

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Nobel Symposium No. 30 on the Physics of the Hot Plasma in the Magnetosphere was held at Kiruna Geophysical Institute, Kiruna, Sweden from April 2-4, 1975. Some 40 leading experts from America, USSR, and Western Europe attended the Symposium. The purpose of the meeting was to review and discuss the physics of the hot plasma in the magnetosphere with special empha­ sis on unsolved problems on which attention needs to be focused during the International Magnetospheric Study 1976-1978. The field is very extensive and complete coverage of all aspects was of course not possible. The radiation belts proper were, for instance, not covered. There were no formal contributed papers, but much time was devoted to discussion. These proceedings contain all review papers except the one by R.Z. Sagdeev. They are ordered by subject, starting, after the introductory lecture, with the problem of how the plasma enters the magnetosphere and ending with the question of the interaction with the ionosphere. The Organizing Committee for the symposium was composed of the following Swedish scientists: E.-A. Brunberg, C.G. Fa1thammar, I. Hu1then, B. Hu1tqvist (chairman), L. Stenf10, and H. Wilhe1msson. The Symposium was financed by the Nobel Foundation through grants from the Tercentenary Foundation of the Bank of Sweden, by the Swedish Board for Space Activities, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is gratefully acknowledged. Appreciated contributions "in natura" were also received from the town of Kiruna and the LKAB Company.

• Plasma
• electron
• ionosphere
• magnetosphere
• paper
• physics
• radiation

• Kiruna Geophysical Institute, Kiruna, Sweden

  Bengt Hultqvist

• Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  Lennart Stenflo

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