2381/11931378.v1
Stanley WH Cowley
Stanley WH
Cowley
Brief Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man: Researches on Dungey's "Open" Magnetosphere From the 1960s to the 1980s
University of Leicester
2020
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Magnetosphere
Reconnection
Plasma populations
Current sheets
History
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD
DEEP GEOMAGNETIC TAIL
PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES
CURRENT SHEETS
OPEN MODEL
RECONNECTION
COMPONENT
EISCAT
POLAR
ACCELERATION
2020-03-26 08:12:46
Journal contribution
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Brief_Portrait_of_the_Scientist_as_a_Young_Man_Researches_on_Dungey_s_Open_Magnetosphere_From_the_1960s_to_the_1980s/11931378
The author's early research career and scientific output is outlined, spanning the interval from the late 1960s to the late 1980s when he transitioned from Jim Dungey's PhD student at Imperial College, London, to full professor. The work, principally concerned with elucidating theoretical aspects of Dungey's “open” model magnetosphere, is set within the context of burgeoning observations from both ground and space, resulting in greatly improved knowledge and growing international acceptance. Scientific encounters with some of the major players in the field during that time are recounted, now recollected in tranquility.