DRIFT OF NONINTERACTING CHARGED PARTICLES IN A SIMPLE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD,
Abstract
The corotation of plasmas within the plasmasphere has been observed and the existence of a potential difference across the magnetosphere in the dawn-dusk meridian of several tens of kilovolts is consistent with various geophysical observations. The purpose of the paper is to solve analytically the drift motion of noninteracting charged particles, mirroring equatorially in a rotating magnetic dipole-field, across which is superimposed a uniform electric field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0700253
Entities
People
- M. A. Schield
Organizations
- University of Iowa