The Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics
dc.contributor.author | Lilensten, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Barthélemy, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Simon, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jeanjacquot, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gronoff, G. | |
dc.date | 2009 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-05T10:30:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-05T10:30:18Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3242 | |
dc.description | We present here a plasma physics experiment which makes it possible to simulate, in a naive yet useful way, the formation of polar lights. It involves shooting electrons at a magnetized sphere placed in a vacuum chamber. This experiment, inspired by K. Birkeland's Terrella, built at the turn of 19th century, allows the visualization of very many geophysical and astrophysical situations. Although delicate, it is feasible at undergraduate level. © Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.title | The Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.subject.frascati | Physical sciences | |
dc.audience | Scientific | |
dc.subject.free | Ionospheric measurement | |
dc.subject.free | Plasmas | |
dc.subject.free | Positive ions | |
dc.subject.free | 19th centuries | |
dc.subject.free | Aurora | |
dc.subject.free | Planetary ionospheres | |
dc.subject.free | Planetology | |
dc.subject.free | Plasma physics | |
dc.subject.free | The Planeterrella experiment | |
dc.subject.free | Undergraduate levels | |
dc.subject.free | Vacuum chambers | |
dc.subject.free | Experiments | |
dc.subject.free | aurora | |
dc.subject.free | electron | |
dc.subject.free | experimental study | |
dc.subject.free | ionosphere | |
dc.subject.free | plasma | |
dc.subject.free | visualization | |
dc.source.title | Acta Geophysica | |
dc.source.volume | 57 | |
dc.source.issue | 1 | |
dc.source.page | 220-235 | |
Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2478/s11600-008-0079-x | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-58049215329 |