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Space Physics MHD Research. Personnel: Jay R. Johnson Eun-Hwa Kim. Key Issues: Entry and Transport. Plasma Sheet Dynamics. How does mass, momentum and energy enter the magentosphere? Reconnection Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Kinetic Alfven Waves/Mode Conversion. Plasma Sheet Dynamics.
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Space Physics MHD Research Personnel: Jay R. Johnson Eun-Hwa Kim
Plasma Sheet Dynamics • How does mass, momentum and energy enter the magentosphere? • Reconnection • Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability • Kinetic Alfven Waves/Mode Conversion
Plasma Sheet Dynamics • Entropy Definition global/total: S=p1/dv; specific/local: s = p/ • Entropy Crisis • Steady Convection • Substorm Transition • How are ions heated? • What convects cold plasma to the center of the plasma sheet? Mapping Technique
Role of Heavy Ions • At Magnetopause • Reconnection (Threshold/Growth) • KH inertial effects (Inertial Scale Effects) • Mode Conversion (Strong Absorption) • At Planets • Mercury • Jupiter IIR AR