The Magnetospheric Cusps Structure and Dynamics [Hardcover]

Preface.- Cluster Observations of the Cusp: Magnetic Structure and Dynamics.- Magion-4 High-Altitude Cusp Study.- High-Altitude Cusp: The Extremely Dynamic Region in Geospace.- Magnetosheath Interaction with the high Latitude Magnetopause.- Cluster Observes the High-Altitude Cusp Region.- Low-Frequency Plasma Waves in the Outer Polar Cusp: A Review of Observations from Prognoz 8, Interball 1, Magion 4, and Cluster.- Multiple Flux Rope Events at the High-Latitude Magnetopause: Cluster/Rapid Observation on 26 January, 2001.- Energetic Electrons as a Field Line Topology Tracer in the High Latitude Boundary/Cusp Region: Cluster Rapid Observations.- Energetic Particles Observed in the Cusp Region During a Storm Recovery Phase.- Coupling the Solar-Wind/IMF to the Ionosphere Through the high Latitude Cusps.- Spatial and Temporal Cusp Structures Observed by Multiple Spacecraft and Ground Based Observations.- Observations of a Unique Cusp Signature at Low and Mid Altitudes.- Cusp Modeling and Observations at Low Altitude.- Simulation Studies of High-Latitude Magnetospheric Boundary Dynamics.- Cusp Geometry in MHD Simulations.- The Magnetospheric Cusps: A Summary.

From the reviews:

A book discussing the structure and dynamics of magnetospheric cusps will mainly interest graduate level scientists working in geophysics and particularly those studying the Earths magnetosphere. & This collection of survey papers forms essential background reading for those studying, or planning to study, the magnetosphere cusps & . The editors have gathered together and surveyed contemporary knowledge on magnetospheric cusps and they have advanced the field by clearly defining the issues and by leading forward a coherent development of the terminology. (Prof. A.D.R. Phelps, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 48 (2), 2007)

(a) Professor Theodore A. Fritz works in the area of planetary magnetospheres and possible Sun-Earth relations. His parlS0