Introductory Lecture. - Electric Current Structure of the Magnetosphere. - Entry of the Hot Plasma into the Magnetosphere. - Entry of Solar Wind Plasma into the Magnetosphere. - Composition of the Hot Plasmas in the Magnetosphere. - Distribution within the Magnetosphere and Large Scale Dynamical Processes. - Magnetospheric Plasma Regions and Boundaries. - Auroral Electron Beams near the Magnetic Equator. - A Study of Auroral Displays Photographed from the DMSP-2 and ISIS-2 Satellites. - Recent Observations Relating to the Dynamics and Origin of the Magnetotail Plasma Sheet. - Hot Plasma Dynamics within Geostationary Altitudes. - Acceleration/Heating and Instabilities/Turbulence. - Acceleration Processes in the Plasma Sheet. - VLF Electrostatic Waves in the Magnetosphere. - Double Layers. - Plasma Turbulence in the Magnetosphere with Special Regard to Plasma Heating. - Characteristics of Instabilities in the Magnetosphere Deduced from Wave Observations. - Some Experimentally Determined Characteristics of the Turbulence in the Magnetosphere. - Interaction with the Ionosphere. - Evidence for the Low Altitude Acceleration of Auroral Particles. - Mechanisms for Driving Birkeland Currents. - List of Participants. Language: English