Explore: Magnetospheric Physics

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

flares, coronal mass ejections, and magnetospheric substorms are major unsolved problems in space plasma physics. Ball lightning: the exact physical nature

electrical engineering at Stanford University. He specialized in magnetospheric physics. He was also the father of Stephen Walt, a professor at Harvard

University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him

study of solar wind particles and fields, sun-Earth relations, and magnetospheric physics. She was known for creating a model that predicts the number of

radiation belt James A. Van Allen (1 October 2004). Origins Of Magnetospheric Physics: An Expanded Edition. University of Iowa Press. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-58729-771-7

observations and descriptions. Stern, David P. (1996). "A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics During the Space Age". Reviews of Geophysics. 34 (1): 1–31. Bibcode:1996RvGeo

central role in the development of: Plasma physics Charged particle beams Interplanetary medium Magnetospheric physics Magnetohydrodynamics Solar phenomena

professor in computational space physics at the University of Helsinki; her particular area of interest is magnetospheric physics and solar wind - magnetosphere

Beta (plasma physics) – ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure, used in magnetospheric physics as well as fusion plasma physics. Thiele modulus