Importance of the dusk-dawn interplanetary magnetic field component (IMF By) to magnetospheric convection in Earth’s magnetotail plasma sheet

The solar wind and its embedded magnetic field, the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) together with magnetic reconnection power the large-scale plasma and magnetic flux circulation in the Earth’s magnetosphere-ionosphere system. This circulation is termed as convection and its strength is controll...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Timo Pitkänen, Anita Kullen, Ghai Siung Chong
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:English
منشور في: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
سلاسل:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2024.1373249/full