Application of the Guiding Field Line Model to the Magnetospheric Plasma

研究人员将研究磁层对流等离子体的基本传输过程。 工作重点是磁层中的电流、动量和热流以及磁层和电离层之间的相互作用。 由于带电粒子的运动是由一个更准确的近似比引导中心近似和每个物种的等离子体被单独处理，这项研究将提供新的见解磁层电离层耦合。 其最终目的是改进传统的描述粒子在电场和磁场中运动的引导场线方法。 该项目还将加强历史悠久的黑人大学Prairie View A M新设立的空间研究计划，并增加少数民族对空间研究的参与。

The investigators will study the basic transport processes of the magnetospheric convecting plasma. The effort concentrates on the electric current, momentum and heat flows in the magnetosphere and interaction between the magnetosphere and ionosphere. Because the motion of a charged particle is described by a more accurate approximation than the guiding center approximation and each species of the plasma is treated separately, this study will provide new insight into magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. The ultimate aim is to improve on the traditional guiding field line approach to describing the motion of particles in electric and magnetic fields. The project will also strengthen the newly established space research program at Prairie View A&M, a historic black university, and increase minority participation in space research.