Sökning: "magnetosphere"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 63 avhandlingar innehållade ordet magnetosphere.

  1. 1. New Perspectives on Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling

    Författare :Torbjörn Sundberg; Lars Blomberg; Judy Cumnock; Masaki Fujimoto; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; magnetosphere; ionosphere; mercury; kelvin-helmholtz; Electrophysics; Elektrofysik;

    Sammanfattning : The streaming plasma in the solar wind is a never ending source of energy, plasma, and momentum for planetary magnetospheres, and it continuously drives large-scale plasma convection systems in our magnetosphere and over our polar ionosphere. This coupling between the solar wind and the magnetosphere is primarily explained by two different processes: magnetic reconnection at high latitudes, which interconnects the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) with the planetary dipole field, and low-latitude dynamos such as viscous interaction, where the streaming plasma in the solar wind may trigger waves and instabilities at the flanks of the magnetosphere, and thereby allow solar wind plasma to enter into the system. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Structures and processes in the Mercury magnetosphere

    Författare :Elisabet Liljeblad; Tomas Karlsson; Anita Kullen; Haje Korth; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mercury; MESSENGER; magnetosphere; processes; structures; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Sammanfattning : The mechanisms involved in the transfer of mass and energy from the solar wind to any planetary magnetosphere is considered an important topic in space physics. With the use of the Mercury spacecraft MESSENGER's data, it has been possible to study these processes in an environment different, yet similar, to Earth's. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Space Weather Physics: Dynamic Neural Network Studies of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling

    Författare :Jian-Guo Wu; Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geophysics; kosmisk kemi; rymdvetenskap; Astronomi; cosmic chemistry; solar wind; space weather; magnetosphere; solar wind-magnetosphere coupling; geomagnetic activity; geomagnetic storms; predictions; modeling; neural networks; space research; Astronomy; physical oceanography; meteorology; Geofysik; fysisk oceanografi; meteorologi; Fysicumarkivet A:1997:Wu;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents studies of solar wind-magnetosphere coupling using dynamic neural networks in combination with statistically correlative analysis. The primary contribution of the thesis is dynamic neural network models that can be implemented for near real-time predictions of geomagnetic storms from the solar wind alone. LÄS MER

  4. 4. 3D Magnetic Nulls and Regions of Strong Current in the Earth's Magnetosphere

    Författare :Elin Eriksson; Andris Vaivads; Hans Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Magnetic Nulls; Particle Acceleration; Current sheets; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetosphere; Fysik med inriktning mot rymd- och plasmafysik; Physics with specialization in Space and Plasma Physics;

    Sammanfattning : Plasma, a gas of charged particles exhibiting collective behaviour, can be found everywhere in our vast Universe. The characteristics of plasma in very distant parts of the Universe can be similar to characteristics in our solar system and near-Earth space. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Global Magnetospheric Plasma Convection

    Författare :Stefan Eriksson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :Geophysics; satellite measurements; electric fields; magnetosphere; magnetic reconnection;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the global aspects of plasmaconvection in the magnetosphere as measured by the low-altitudepolar orbiting Astrid-2 and FAST satellites. The major focus ison the electric field measurements, but they are alsocomplemented by magnetic field, ion and electron particle data,which is fundamental for the understanding of theelectrodynamics of the high-latitude auroral ovals and polarcap, which are the regions analysed here. LÄS MER