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SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS
Volume 26, Issue 1-3, Pages 409-414Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1904-2
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boundary; cusp; electron; energetic ions; magnetosphere; reconnection
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The polar cusps of the magnetosphere are key regions for the transfer of mass, momentum, and energy from the solar wind into the magnetosphere. Understaning these key regions and the dynamical interactions that occur there are fundamentally important to determining the physical nature of the magnetosphere. In this paper we try to summarize many of the conclusions reached in the papers of this special issue emphasizing the present concepts and definition of the cusp, what variations could be temporal structures and what could be spatial structures. We address the need for further measurements and the role of present and planned projects to address these needs.
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