The Magnetospheric Cusps: Structure and Dynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fritz, Theodore A. (Editor), Fung, Shing F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Atoms.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This collection of papers will address the question "What is the Magnetospheric Cusp?" and what is its role in the coupling of the solar wind to the magnetosphere as well as its role in the processes of particle transport and energization within the magnetosphere. The cusps have traditiona...