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Geomagnetic Micropulsations

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  • © 1970

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Authors:
  1. J. A. Jacobs

    1. Killam Memorial Professor of Science, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Part of the book series: Physics and Chemistry in Space (SPACE, volume 1)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. The Earth’s Magnetic Field

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Morphology of Geomagnetic Micropulsations

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 15-63

  4. Magneto-Hydrodynamic Waves

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 64-87

  5. Theories of the Origin of Pc 1 Pulsations

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 88-123

  6. Theories of Pc 2–5 and Pi Oscillations

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 124-147

  7. Micropulsations and the Diagnostics of the Magnetosphere

    • J. A. Jacobs
    Pages 148-176

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 177-179
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About this book

The subject of geomagnetic micropulsations has developed extremely rapidly and it is difficult to know when is an appropriate time to pause and assess the sum total of our knowledge-both observational and theoretical. There has in recent years been a tremendous increase in both the quantity and quality of data and also many theoretical ad­ vances in our understanding of the phenomenon. Undoubtedly there will be further progress in both areas but it seems worthwhile now to review both our knowledge and our ignorance. This book was essen­ tially completed by the end of April 1969 and tries to give a summary of the subject up to that time. The Earth is enclosed in the magnetosphere, a hollow carved out of the solar wind by the Earth's magnetic field. Above the ionosphere there is a very tenuous thermal plasma of partially ionized hydrogen in diffusive equilibrium with magnetic and gravitational forces, and ener­ getic protons and electrons that constitute the trapped Van Allen ra­ diation belts. Throughout this anisotropic and inhomogeneous plasma, natural and man-made electromagnetic energy propagates in a wide variety of modes and frequency bands. This book is concerned with that class of natural signals called geomagnetic micropulsations-short period (usually of the order of seconds or minutes) fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Killam Memorial Professor of Science, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    J. A. Jacobs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geomagnetic Micropulsations

  • Authors: J. A. Jacobs

  • Series Title: Physics and Chemistry in Space

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86828-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-86830-6Published: 12 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-86828-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0079-1938

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 179

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Physical Chemistry

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