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Plasmapause, Convection, and Reconnection
Author(s) -
Nishida A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9402
pISSN - 2169-9380
DOI - 10.1029/2019ja026898
Subject(s) - substorm , plasmasphere , physics , magnetosphere , geophysics , magnetic reconnection , space physics , convection , field (mathematics) , spacecraft , interplanetary spaceflight , plasma , solar wind , meteorology , astronomy , nuclear physics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Being one of the first generation of space scientists who entered this field right after the space became accessible to in situ observations, I had good luck of addressing some of the basic questions in this field from the early years of my carrier. These are development of global convection in the magnetosphere when the interplanetary magnetic field has the southward polarity, changes in the structure of the magnetotail leading to the onset of substorm expansion phase, and physics of the plasmapause formation. My career culminated with promotion and implementation of the Geotail spacecraft mission. In this article I shall present my personal recollections on these efforts including interactions with colleagues worldwide who shared the common interest.