Dust in the Earth's Magnetosphere
Amara L. Graps / Eberhard Grün
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Heidelberg, Germany
Contract 13145/98
June 2000
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Introduction
In this report, we conduct an analysis of the charging and orbital evolution of dust particles in Earth's magnetosphere. The survey includes the bulk properties such as composition, density, diameter, the surface effects due to secondary electron and photoelectric emission (e.g. secondary electron emission yields, optical constants), a magnetosphere description, a magnetospheric plasma description with data, charging calculation results of equilibrium potentials, times and calculations for electrostatic disruption, dominant charging processes for different portions of the Earth's magnetosphere, force calculations and orbital evolution for dust particles in Earth's magnetosphere.
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