Earth’s Magnetospheric Processes: Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by the Summer Advanced Study Institute and Ninth ESRO Summer School, Held in Cortina, Italy, August 30-September 10, 1971

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Magnetospheric Structure....Pages 3-15
Magnetospheric Processes....Pages 16-28
The Interrelationship of Magnetospheric Processes....Pages 29-38
Magnetic and Electric Waves in Space....Pages 39-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Magnetospheric Particle Populations....Pages 53-67
Characteristics of Magnetosheath Plasma Observed at Low Altitudes in the Dayside Magnetospheric Cusps....Pages 68-80
Mechanisms for the Injection of Protons into the Magnetosphere....Pages 81-94
Solar Particle Injection at Medium Energies (25< E <250 Mev)....Pages 95-100
Entry of Energetic Solar Protons into the Tail....Pages 101-106
New Results on Particle Arrival at the Polar Caps....Pages 107-114
New Observations of the Proton Population of the Radiation Belt Between 1.5 and 104 Mev....Pages 115-119
ESRO IA/B Observations at High Latitudes of Trapped and Precipitating Protons with Energies above 100 keV....Pages 120-132
Auroral Particle Precipitation Patterns....Pages 133-140
Electron Intensities over Auroral Arcs....Pages 141-146
The Pre-Midnight Asymmetry in the 40 keV Electron Flux Profiles and Its Relation to Magnetospheric Substorms....Pages 147-152
Pitch Angles and Spectra of Particles in the Outer Zone Near Noon....Pages 153-167
Angular Distributions of Precipitating Electrons....Pages 168-174
Some Parameters Affecting the Poleward Boundary of Trapped Electrons....Pages 175-178
Photometric Auroral Particle Measurements....Pages 179-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Review of Magnetic Field Observations....Pages 189-199
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
A Self-Consistent Theory of the Tail of the Magnetosphere....Pages 200-209
Theory of Neutral Sheets....Pages 210-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Critical Review of Electric Field Measurements....Pages 223-232
INJUN 5 Observations of Magnetospheric Electric Fields and Plasma Convection....Pages 233-245
Plasma Drifts in the Auroral Ionosphere Derived from Barium Releases....Pages 246-257
Acceleration of Auroral Particles by Electric Double Layers....Pages 258-267
Plasma Convection in the Vicinity of the Geosynchronous Orbit....Pages 268-279
Thermal Ions in the Magnetosphere....Pages 280-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
High Energy Proton Model for the Inner Radiation Belt....Pages 293-301
Magnetic Field Variations at Micropulsation Frequencies....Pages 302-310
Changes in the Distribution Function of Magnetospheric Particles Associated with Gyroresonant Interactions....Pages 311-328
Electrostatic Waves in the Magnetosphere....Pages 329-339
VLF Phenomena....Pages 340-350
A Theory on the Latitude and Local Time Distribution of Precipitating Electrons During a Sudden Commencement....Pages 351-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
A Short Review of Magnetospheric Substorms....Pages 357-364
Substorm Behavior of Plasma Sheet Particles....Pages 365-378
Interpretation of Magnetic Field Variations During Substorms....Pages 379-390
X-Ray Observations and Interpretations....Pages 391-399
Excitation of Polar Substorms by Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field....Pages 400-405
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 409-411
Back Matter....Pages 413-419