Space Plasma Physics: A Review

Tsurutani, Bruce T.; Zank, Gary P.; Sterken, Veerle J.; Shibata, Kazunari; Nagai, Tsugunobu; Mannucci, Anthony J.; Malaspina, David M.; Lakhina, Gurbax S.; Kanekal, Shrikanth G.; Hosokawa, Keisuke; Horne, Richard B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0412-6407; Hajra, Rajkumar; Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz; Gaunt, C. Trevor; Chen, Peng-Fei; Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. 2023 Space Plasma Physics: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 51 (7). 1595-1655. 10.1109/TPS.2022.3208906

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Abstract/Summary

Owing to the ever-present solar wind, our vast solar system is full of plasmas. The turbulent solar wind, together with sporadic solar eruptions, introduces various space plasma processes and phenomena in the solar atmosphere all the way to Earth’s ionosphere and atmosphere and outward to interact with the interstellar media to form the heliopause and termination shock. Remarkable progress has been made in space plasma physics in the last 65 years, mainly due to sophisticated in situ measurements of plasmas, plasma waves, neutral particles, energetic particles, and dust via space-borne satellite instrumentation. Additionally, high-technology ground-based instrumentation has led to new and greater knowledge of solar and auroral features. As a result, a new branch of space physics, i.e., space weather, has emerged since many of the space physics processes have a direct or indirect influence on humankind.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1109/TPS.2022.3208906
ISSN:	0093-3813
Additional Keywords:	Geomagnetic storms , ionosphere , magnetosphere , solar radiation , solar system , space missions
Date made live:	24 Nov 2022 11:40 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533348

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1109/TPS.2022.3208906

ISSN:

0093-3813

Additional Keywords:

Geomagnetic storms , ionosphere , magnetosphere , solar radiation , solar system , space missions

Date made live:

24 Nov 2022 11:40 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533348