Physics Department Seminar | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
J O U R N A L C L U B |
A new solar wind dynamo model driven by tail-lobe current loops |
by |
Joe Kan |
Geophysical Institute, UAF |
We propose a new solar wind (SW) dynamo model for driving the earthward convection and enhancing the plasma pressure in the near-Earth plasma sheet by tail-lobe current loops. Efficiency of the new SW dynamo is regulated up or down by dayside or tail reconnection. Magnetic storms and auroral substorms are driven predominantly by the tail-lobe current loops, distributed along the northern and southern tail lobes. | ||
Friday, 11 October 2013 | ||
Globe Room, Elvey Building | ||
3:45 PM |