Plasma Physics of the Geomagnetic Tail

拟议的研究是关于地球地磁尾部的等离子体动力学过程。所采用的方法是解析方法和数值方法的结合。要研究的课题是遥远尾区慢激波的新理论。其他理论工作包括研究与慢冲击和等离子体片中的电磁不稳定性相关的宽带静电噪声(BEN)。

The proposed research is on the plasma kinetic processes in the earth's geomagnetic tail. The approach to be used is a combination of analytical an numerical methods. The research topics to be studied are new theories of slow shock in the distant tail region. Additional theoretical work includes study of broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) associated with slow shocks and electromagnetic instabilities in the plasma sheet.