Investigation of the influence of the field of co-rotation on the possibility of the long-term orbital existence of submicron particles in the plasma-sphere of the earth

Abstract

In this paper, the influence of the electric field of co-rotation on the possibility of long holding of micro-particles with dimensions on the order of tens of nm and quasi-equilibrium charge moving along weakly elliptic orbits in the plasma-sphere of the Earth is considered with the help of analytical and numerical methods. It is shown that, unlike the magnetic field, the electric field of co-rotation causes a slow change in the shape of the orbit.