Solar-Terrestrial Physics : Principles and Theoretical Foundations Based Upon the Proceedings of the Theory Institute Held at Boston College, August 9–26, 1982

The Theory Institute in Solar-Terrestrial Physics was held at Boston College 19-26 August 1982. The program consisted of a two-week School followed by the first theory conference in the field. This book is based upon the lectures presented at the School. Several years ago there was a convergence of efforts to promote the role of theory in space plasma physics. Reports from the National Academy of Sciences and NASA advisory committees documented the disciplinary maturity of solar-terrestrial physics and recommended that theorists play a greater role in the continued development of the field. The so-called theory program in solar-terrestrial physics was established by NASA in 1979 and implemented in accordance with the guidelines set forth by a panel of scientists, primarily theorists, in the field. The same panel motivated the Boston College program. Published proceedings of the school would provide curricular materials for the training of graduate students in solar-terrestrial physics. J.M. Forbes, T.E. Holzer, A.J. Hundhausen, A.D. Richmond, and G.L. Siscoe were the principal architects of the curriculum of the School, and I am grateful for their contributions. Each also lectured at the School. The chapters in this book were prepared by the authors themselves with one exception. The chapters by Parker are edited reproductions of his lectures. Unfortunately, it is our loss that the lectures of Holzer and Hundhausen are not included in the book. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii The Solar-Terrestrial System....Pages 1-9 Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics....Pages 11-100 Generation of Solar Magnetic Fields I....Pages 101-112 Generation of Solar Magnetic Fields II....Pages 113-128 Heating of the Outer Solar Atmosphere I....Pages 129-137 Heating of the Outer Solar Atmosphere II....Pages 139-154 Hydromagnetic Waves, Turbulence, and Collisionless Processes in the Interplanetary Medium....Pages 155-199 Solar Cosmic Rays — Their Injection, Acceleration, and Propagation....Pages 201-215 Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays....Pages 217-230 The Acceleration of Energetic Particles in the Solar Wind....Pages 231-241 Large-Scale Morphology of the Magnetosphere....Pages 243-254 Magnetic Field Line Merging: Basic Concepts....Pages 255-260 Solar-Wind Magnetosphere Coupling....Pages 261-302 The Quasi-Static (Slow-Flow) Region of the Magnetosphere....Pages 303-368 Global MHD Model of the Earth’s Magnetosphere....Pages 369-391 Origins and Consequences of Parallel Electric Fields....Pages 393-424 Electrostatic Ion Acoustic Waves....Pages 425-452 Hydromagnetic Waves in the Magnetosphere....Pages 453-477 Comparative Magnetospheres....Pages 479-492 The Use and Misuse of Statistical Analyses....Pages 493-522 Thermospheric Dynamics and Electrodynamics....Pages 523-607 The Terrestrial Ionosphere....Pages 609-676 Photochemical Processes in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere....Pages 677-732 Physics of the Mesopause Region....Pages 733-752 Auroral Excitation and Energy Dissipation....Pages 753-780 Small-Scale Structure in the Earth’s Ionosphere: Theory and Numerical Simulation....Pages 781-804 Comparative Ionosphere: I. The Inner Planets....Pages 805-824 Comparative Ionospheres: II. The Outer Planets....Pages 825-844 Back Matter....Pages 845-859