Explore: Magnetospheric Instability

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2012. Van Allen, James Alfred (2004). Origins of Magnetospheric Physics. Iowa City, Iowa USA: University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9780877459217

These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into

The magnetospheric eternally collapsing object (MECO) is an alternative model for black holes initially proposed by Indian scientist Abhas Mitra in 1998

an endless cycle of self-amplification. This is called a superradiant instability, as the amplified field can be generated out of noise, making the system

which move with the field lines, one can trace their motion and infer magnetospheric convection. Spacecraft instruments include: Magnetometers, usually of

The interchange instability, also known as the Kruskal–Schwarzschild instability or flute instability, is a type of plasma instability seen in magnetic

approximately dipole, because contributions from the currents flowing in the magnetospheric equatorial plasma sheet are small. In the middle (between 10 and 40 RJ)

interaction with planetesimals and other protoplanets". Icarus. Jovian Magnetospheric Environment Science. 178 (2): 540–552. Bibcode:2005Icar..178..540K.

convection cycle, magnetospheric instabilities, the formation of the aurora, and the acceleration, transport, and loss of magnetospheric plasma. The CGSM

Jupiter, the tail is the conduit through which the plasma of the internal magnetospheric origin leaves the magnetosphere. The plasma moving from the tail to