Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind
The interaction between the Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind results in the formation of a collisionless bow shock. Here, the authors study an even in which the solar wind Mach number remained steadily below one, leading to the evanescence of the bow shock and loss of electrons in the outer...
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| author | Noé Lugaz Charles J. Farrugia Chia-Lin Huang Reka M. Winslow Harlan E. Spence Nathan A. Schwadron |
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| description | The interaction between the Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind results in the formation of a collisionless bow shock. Here, the authors study an even in which the solar wind Mach number remained steadily below one, leading to the evanescence of the bow shock and loss of electrons in the outer belts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b0c42bfbf3a41fd97a12d02373794bd2022-12-21T19:25:59ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-10-01711710.1038/ncomms13001Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar windNoé Lugaz0Charles J. Farrugia1Chia-Lin Huang2Reka M. Winslow3Harlan E. Spence4Nathan A. Schwadron5Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireSpace Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireSpace Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireSpace Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireSpace Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireSpace Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New HampshireThe interaction between the Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind results in the formation of a collisionless bow shock. Here, the authors study an even in which the solar wind Mach number remained steadily below one, leading to the evanescence of the bow shock and loss of electrons in the outer belts.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13001 |
| spellingShingle | Noé Lugaz Charles J. Farrugia Chia-Lin Huang Reka M. Winslow Harlan E. Spence Nathan A. Schwadron Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind Nature Communications |
| title | Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind |
| title_full | Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind |
| title_fullStr | Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind |
| title_full_unstemmed | Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind |
| title_short | Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind |
| title_sort | earth s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub alfvenic solar wind |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13001 |
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