Cosmic Plasma Physics : Proceedings of the Conference on Cosmic Plasma Physics Held at the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), Frascati, Italy, September 20–24, 1971

The plan to hold a conference on cosmic plasma physics originated in the Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society, whose chairman, B. Lehnert, took the first steps towards its realization. - ESRIN readily adopted this idea, and preliminary contacts with a number of other groups showed that there was a good deal of interest in bringing to­ gether people working in different areas of the field of cosmic plasma physics. It was clearly felt that an exchange of views and experience, and an attempt to define problem areas, would be profitable. In this spirit a programme was de­ vised which covered a large variety of topics, ranging from ionospheric to galactic structures. A diversified programme of this kind runs the risk that the communication between the various fields of specialization remains insufficient. It was gratifying to find that within the wide field of cosmic plasma physics a lively dialogue was in fact possible. The Conference was sponsored by the European Physical Society. Financial support was provided by ESRO. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the excellent suggestions of the programme committee members L. Biermann, N. D'Angelo, R. Gendrin, and B. Lehnert. I should like to thank my colleagues B. Bertotti, K. Lackner, and J.F. McKenzie, and numerous other ESRIN staff members, for their valuable help. I feel particularly indebted to the conference secretary, Miss Sachs, who did the real work while I just signed the letters. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Relations Between Cosmic and Laboratory Plasma Physics....Pages 1-14 Magnetospheric Substorms....Pages 15-23 Parametric Instabilities Generated in the Ionosphere by Intense Radio Waves....Pages 25-26 Study of a Jovian Plasmasphere and the Occurrence of Jupiter Radiobursts....Pages 27-35 Effect of a Large Amplitude Wave Packet and Second Order Resonance on the Stimulation of VLF Emissions....Pages 37-44 Universal Instability Associated with the Plasmapause and Its Role in Geomagnetic Micropulsations....Pages 45-54 Deformation and Striation of Barium Clouds in the Ionosphere....Pages 55-60 Thermal Energy Transport in the Solar Wind....Pages 61-72 The Solar Wind Near the Sun: The Solar Envelope....Pages 73-79 Influence of Neutral Interstellar Matter on the Expansion of the Solar Wind....Pages 81-91 Hydrogen — Helium Expansion from the Sun....Pages 93-100 Heating of the Solar Wind Ions....Pages 101-101 On the Generation of Shock Pairs in the Solar Wind....Pages 103-104 Spectral Anisotropy of Alfvén-Waves in the Solar Wind....Pages 105-111 Evidence for Waves and/or Turbulence in the Vicinity of Shocks in Space....Pages 113-122 Comets in the Solar Wind....Pages 123-135 Comet-Like Interaction of Venus with the Solar Wind....Pages 137-140 Laboratory Experiments on the Interaction between a Plasma and a Neutral Gas....Pages 141-148 Wave Motion in Type I Comet Tails....Pages 149-156 Divers Solar Rotations....Pages 157-164 Soft X-Ray Spectral Studies of Solar Flare Plasmas....Pages 165-174 Similarities between Solar Flares and Laboratory Hot Plasma Phenomena....Pages 175-184 Gyromagnetic Radiation from Bunched Electrons....Pages 185-189 Observations of Coronal Magnetic Field Strengths and Flux Tubes and their Stability....Pages 191-193 The Dynamical Behavior of the Interstellar Gas, Field, and Cosmic Rays....Pages 195-202 Stellar Magnetohydrodynamics....Pages 203-213 Plasma Turbulent Heating and Thermal X-Ray Sources....Pages 215-223 Radio and Optical Observations of Pulsars....Pages 225-231 Propagation of Relativistic Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma....Pages 233-238 A Three-Dimensional Relativistic Computation for the Pulsar Magnetosphere....Pages 239-247 On the Origin of Pulsar Radiation....Pages 249-259 Strong Magnetic Field Effects in the Pulsar Crusts and Atmospheres....Pages 261-268 Cosmic Ray Spectrum and Plasma Turbulence....Pages 269-271 The Properties of Magnetic Neutral Sheet Systems....Pages 273-281 Field Line Motion in the Presence of Finite Conductivity....Pages 283-291 Collisionless Shocks....Pages 293-303 Non-Linear Evolution of Firehose-Unstable Alfven Waves....Pages 305-310 Resonant Diffusion in Strongly Turbulent Plasmas....Pages 311-317 The Structure of the Earth’s Bow Shock....Pages 319-325 Experimental Study of Electron and ion Heating in High-β Perpendicular Collisionless Shock Waves....Pages 327-334 Nonlinear Theory of Cross-Field and Two-Stream Instabilities in the Equatorial Electrojet....Pages 335-337 Fermi Acceleration in Interplanetary Space....Pages 339-348 The Galactic Cosmic Ray Diurnal Variation as a Streaming Plasma Interaction Between Galactic and Solar Corpuscular Radiation....Pages 349-350 The Interplanetary Conditions Associated with Cosmic Ray Forbush Decreases....Pages 351-358 The Diurnal Effect of Cosmic Rays and its Dependence on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field....Pages 359-364 Back Matter....Pages 365-369