Nonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and Subauroral Geospace
Auteurs : Mishin Evgeny, Streltsov Anatoly
Nonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and Subauroral Geospace presents a comprehensive examination of the self-consistent processes leading to multiscale electromagnetic and plasma structures in the magnetosphere and ionosphere near the plasmapause, particularly in the auroral and subauroral geospace. It utilizes simulations and a large number of relevant in situ measurements conducted by the most recent satellite missions, as well as ground-based optical and radar observations to verify the conclusions and analysis. Including several case studies of observations related to prominent geospacer events, the book also provides experimental and numerical results throughout the chapters to further enhance understanding of how the same physical mechanisms produce different phenomena at different regions of the near-Earth space environment.
Additionally, the comprehensive description of mechanisms responsible for space weather effects will give readers a broad foundation of wave and particle processes in the near-Earth magnetosphere. As such, Nonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and Subauroral GeospaceNonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and Subauroral Geospace is a cutting-edge reference for space physicists looking to better understand plasma physics in geospace.
Part 1. INTRODUCTION: Near-Earth Space Environment
Part 2. PLASMA WAVES AND INSTABILITIES
2.1. Plasma Waves
2.2. Plasma Instabilities
2.3. Nonlinear Interactions
Part 3: AURORAL GEOSPACE
3.1.Earthbound Injections in the Near Tail
3.2. Substorms
3.3 Multiscale Aurora: Structure and Dynamics
3.4. Alfvénic Aurora
Part 4. NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL AURORA
4.1. Energetic Electron Impact on the Upper Atmosphere
4.2. Artificial Aurora
4.3. Theory of Artificial and Enhanced Aurora
4.4. E/F Region Turbulent Heating
Part 5. SUBAURORAL GEOSPACE
5.1. Subauroral Flows
5.2. Subauroral ULF Wave Structures
5.3. Subauroral Arcs
5.4. Generation and Dynamics of Subauroral VLF Whistlers
Dr. A. V. Streltsov received a degree in Radiophysics (1990) from the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Moscow, Russia and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/Plasma Physics (1995) from Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor and Research Associate Professor at Dartmouth College from 1995 until 2011. From 2004-2005 he worked as a Principal Scientist in Icarus Research Inc., Bethesda, USA, and from 2005-2006 he worked as a Research Physicist in Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC. In 2011 he joined the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, and currently is a Professor of Engineering Physics at the Department of Physical Sciences. Dr. Streltsov is an expert in numerical studies of magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions, mechanisms of generation and propagation of ULF and VLF waves in the magnetosphere, and wave-particle interactions in the Earth’s radiation belts.
- Presents a unified approach to wave and particle phenomena occurring in the auroral and subauroral geospace
- Summarizes the most current theoretical concepts related to the generation of the large-scale electric field near the plasmapause by flows of hot plasma from the reconnection site
- Includes case studies of the observations related to the most “famous events during the last 20 years as well as a large number of experimental and numerical results illustrated throughout the text
Date de parution : 12-2021
Ouvrage de 632 p.
19x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Nonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and... :
Mots-clés :
acceleration of suprathermal electrons; Active space experiments; Alfvén layers; Alfvénic aurora; anisotropic and loss-cone instabilities; Anomalous Joule heating; Artificial Aurora; Aurorae spectra; Auroral breakup; Auroral bulge; Auroral oval; Auroral streamers; beam and current instabilities; Beam-plasma discharge; Birkeland currents; Black aurora; Brightness of aurorae; Bursty bulk flows; Collisionless beam-ionosphere interaction; Collisionless wave damping; collisionless wave-particle interaction; Descending artificial ionization layers; Detached subauroral arcs; Diffuse and Pulsating aurora; Dipolarization fronts; Discrete arcs; Dispersion equations; drift instabilities; Drifts motion; electrons; Energy balance in nonequilibrium ionosphere; Fluid theory; Gradient drift instability; Green Fence; HF acceleration driven ionizing front; Infrared cooling of the atmosphere; interchange instabilities; Inverted “V Ionosphere; Ionospheric Alfvén resonator; Ionospheric feedback instability; Kinetic approach; Langmuir collapse; Langmuir turbulence; Magnetosphere; Magnetospheric convection; Magnetospheric substorm; Magnetotail plasma bubbles; Mesoscale plasma flows; modulational instability; Near-Earth space; Near-rocket glow; Penetration through magnetic barriers; Plane waves; Plasma chemistry of excited neutral species; Plasma resonances; Plasma turbulence heating; Plasma turbulence layer; Rayed aurora; SAPS wave structures (SAPSWS)Subauroral ion drifts (SAID)Subauroral polarization streams (SAPS)Temperature gradient instability; Self-polarization; Single-particle approximation; Small-scale dynamic aurora; Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE)Subauroral ion drifts (SAID)Substorm current wedge; Suprathermal electron acceleration; Suprathermal electrons; three-wave parametric decay; Turbulent plasmasphere boundary layer (TPBL)Continuous emission; Ultralow frequency waves; weak and strong plasma turbulence; Westward traveling surge
