Investigating the Geometrical Structure of Magnetic Field Lines in the Magnetosphere
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摘要: 磁层磁场的几何结构是空间物理中的重要研究内容.本文采用曲率半径分析方法,结合Cluster立体探测的相关知识和背景,利用Cluster立体探测的优势,通过对Cluster 2001年的立体探测数据的研究,分析了磁层各区域的磁力线结构,包括背阳面、Cusp区以及昏侧,得出各区域中磁力线的曲率半径大小,曲率矢量以及磁力线密切面的法线矢量的方向.利用这些参量直接确定出该区域中磁力线的空间几何构型,进而揭示了该区域磁场的三维立体结构.所得结果也验证了曲率半径分析方法的正确性.在科学探测数据完备的情况下,将这一研究方法应用到磁层中其他所有区域,可以得到整个磁层的详细三维结构模型,这具有重要的科学意义.Abstract: The geometrical structure of magnetic field in the magnetosphere is an important issue for discussion in space physics. In this paper an analysis has been made to some regions of magnetosphere, including the Nightside, Cusp and Duskside. By applying the Curvature Radius Method to the magnetic field data measured by four satellites of Cluster, the geometrical structure of Magnetic Field Lines, including the curvature radius, directions of curvature and normal of the osculating planes of the Magnetic Field Lines have been investigated. Then the spacial configuration of Magnetic Field Lines is known ,and consequently the three dimensional structures of the corresponding regions are achieved according to the anterior results. And finally the results testified the validity of the Curvature Radius Method. If more detailed datas are supplied, a three-dimentional model of the whole magnetosphere can be built by extending the method to the other regions in magnetosphere. So the significance of the research is very clear for space science.
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Key words:
- Curvature /
- Curvature radius /
- Normal of the osculating planes /
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