Accession Number:

ADA193379

Title:

Scaling Laws for Geomagnetic Tail Current Sheet Acceleration.

Descriptive Note:

Environmental research papers,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA

Personal Author(s):

• Sherman, Christopher

Report Date:

1987-07-22

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Solutions of the equation describing proton acceleration in the electric field of the Earths geomagnetic tail often require lengthy numerical calculations and parametric exploration can be difficult. Here, considerations are presented of a scaling nature and shown that these considerations may be used to extend, correlate, organize, and verify groups of solutions with regard to parametric variation. Keywords Plasma sheet Particle acceleration.

Descriptors:

• *GEOMAGNETISM
• *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES
• ACCELERATION
• COMPUTATIONS
• EQUATIONS
• MAGNETOSPHERE
• PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
• PARTICLES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• PROTONS
• SCALING FACTOR
• SHEETS
• SOLUTIONS(GENERAL)
• VARIATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Geomagnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE