電漿層
電漿層,或內磁層是地球的磁層中包含低能量(冷)電漿的區域,它的位置在電離層之上,電漿層外面的邊界被稱為電漿層頂,在定義上該處的電漿密度已經降低了一個數量級。
電漿層是1963年唐·卡彭特()在分析VLF嘯聲干擾波的資料時發現的。
傳統上,電漿層被認為是行為受到地磁良好控制,並伴隨著地球自轉的低溫電漿微粒。然而,最近的人造衛星觀測顯示出密度的不規則性,會形成羽毛狀或biteouts;它也顯示電漿層不會永遠隨著地球自轉。
相關條目
- 電漿物理學條目列表
參考資料
- Carpenter, D. L., Whistler evidence of a 'knee' in the magnetospheric ionization density profile, J. Geophys. Res., 68, 1675-1682, 1963.
- Nishida, A., Formation of plasmapause, or magnetospheric plasma knee, by combined action of magnetospheric convections and plasma escape from the tail, J. Geophys. Res., 71, 5669, 1966.
- Sandel, B. R., et al., Extreme ultraviolet imager observations of the structure and dynamics of the plasmasphere, Space Sci. Rev., 109, 25, 2003.
外部連結
- NASA web site
- University of Michigan description Archive.is的存檔,存档日期2012-12-15
- University of Alabama in Huntsville research
- Southwest Research Institute description
- IMAGE Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (页面存档备份,存于)
- EUV Images of the plasmasphere
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