Magnetospheric Plasma Sources And Losses: Final Report Of The Issi Study Project On Source And Loss Processes (space Sciences Series Of Issi)

The present sixth volume of ISSI Space Sciences Series is the outcome of the most ambitious study project of ISSI hitherto, that on 'Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma'. The goal has been to produce a fully integrated book on the subject, which gives an authoritative overview of all aspects of the topic in a well organized form, useful and readable both for active researchers in the field and for young scientists who are starting their research in space physics. In order to represent the full diversity of experience and perspective that exists in the science community, some 50 leading scientists from allover the world were invited to participate in the project and contribute to the text. With the scientific competence well in hand, the dominating problem in producing the book has been to achieve a degree of consistency in style, nomenclature, notations and format, as well as good cross referencing. To what degree we have succeeded in reaching our goal of delivering a volume that will be useful to the community in both its comprehensiveness and readability remains to be decided by the readers. The book is the outcome of a three year long process. In December 1995 the study project on 'Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma' was se­ lected by ISSI after consultations with several groups of senior representatives of the space physics community. This sixth volume in the ISSI Space Sciences Series is the outcome of a three-year-long process of carrying through the ISSI study project on `Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma'. The goal has been to produce a fully integrated book on the subject which gives an authoritative overview of all aspects of the topic in a well organized form, useful and readable both for active researchers in the field and for young scientists who are starting their research in space physics. In order to represent the full diversity of experience and perspective that exists in the science community, some fifty leading scientists from all over the world were invited to participate in the project and contribute to the text. All contributions are of high scientific standard, consistent in style, nomenclature, notations and format, and with good cross-referencing. This book is primarily of interest to researchers and graduate students in space physics and astrophysics as a textbook and handbook, but it will be a natural part of the library of all research groups involved in space matters. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-5 Source processes in the high-latitude ionosphere....Pages 7-84 Processes leading to plasma losses into the high-latitude atmosphere....Pages 85-135 Source and loss processes in the inner magnetosphere....Pages 137-206 Plasma transfer processes at the magnetopause....Pages 207-283 Source and loss processes in the magnetotail....Pages 285-353 Contribution of different source and loss processes to the magnetospheric plasma content....Pages 355-372 Magnetospheric plasma sources and losses: future directions....Pages 373-382 Back Matter....Pages 383-483 This sixth volume in the ISSI Space Sciences Series is a fully integrated book that gives an authoritative overview of all aspects of the topic in a well-organized form. Leading international scientists from all over the world contributed consistent, cross-referenced articles of high scientific standard.