Open AccessNote on the electric splitting of drift shells
Author(s) -
Kivelson M. G.,
Southwood D. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/ja080i025p03525
Subject(s) - geophysics , geology , electric field , physics , meteorology , computational physics , geodesy , quantum mechanics
The deviation of a particle from its dipole magnetic drift shell in the presence of an electric field is reexamined. Previously published solutions are generalized to include the contribution of the corotation electric field and are extended to the case of strong drift shell splitting. Some limiting values of orbital asymmetry are obtained from an approximate form of the high‐energy Alfvén layer.
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