![]() | The Inner Magnetosphere: Physics and Modeling Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 155. Because the most interesting and crucially important phenomena, as noted, develop relatively close to Earth (in the transition region separating the innermost quasi-dipolar geomagnetic field from the magnetotail), understanding them is a complex task. Moreover, the stronger the disturbance, the deeper its impact penetrates into the inner magneto-sphere. In this region plasma no longer behaves like a fluid, and the motion of energetic charged particles becomes important for the dynamics of the system. This fact leaves "particle simulations" as a primary tool for studying and understanding the dynamics of the inner magnetosphere during storms. An integral element of such simulations is an electromagnetic field model. Recent studies of the inner magnetosphere have substantially improved our understanding of its dynamics while creating new paradigms and reviving old controversies. Tuija I. Pulkkinen and Nikolai A. Tsyganenko are the authors of The Inner Magnetosphere: Physics and Modeling, published by Wiley. |
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