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The Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics

dc.contributor.authorLilensten, J.
dc.contributor.authorBarthélemy, M.
dc.contributor.authorSimon, C.
dc.contributor.authorJeanjacquot, P.
dc.contributor.authorGronoff, G.
dc.date2009
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-05T10:30:18Z
dc.date.available2016-04-05T10:30:18Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3242
dc.descriptionWe 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.languageeng
dc.titleThe Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeIonospheric measurement
dc.subject.freePlasmas
dc.subject.freePositive ions
dc.subject.free19th centuries
dc.subject.freeAurora
dc.subject.freePlanetary ionospheres
dc.subject.freePlanetology
dc.subject.freePlasma physics
dc.subject.freeThe Planeterrella experiment
dc.subject.freeUndergraduate levels
dc.subject.freeVacuum chambers
dc.subject.freeExperiments
dc.subject.freeaurora
dc.subject.freeelectron
dc.subject.freeexperimental study
dc.subject.freeionosphere
dc.subject.freeplasma
dc.subject.freevisualization
dc.source.titleActa Geophysica
dc.source.volume57
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.page220-235
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/s11600-008-0079-x
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-58049215329


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