Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Space physics

Space physics include the interaction of various plasma populations and the coupling of microscopic and macroscopic phenomena.

The following topics are covered:
• solar dynamics responsible for the solar wind
• magnetohydrodynamics of the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere
• magnetospheric substorms
• magnetotail current sheet dynamics
• dusty plasmas
• magnetospheric models (near-Earth plasma sheet through into the inner magnetosphere) and their use of LANL data for either boundary conditions, assimilation or validation
• physics affecting the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems
• statistics and predictability of magnetospheric substorms
• physics governing satellite to ground communications

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