Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of the Earth’s Ring Current and Some Results from the Chinese Double Star Program
The ring current region in the Earth’s magnetosphere contains energetic charged particles, which are injected from the magnetotail, get trapped in the inner magnetosphere, and finally drift around the Earth. The current, essentially carried by ions, is caused by the differences between the drift of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-01-01
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Series: | Magnetochemistry |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2312-7481/9/1/29 |