Big storms make little storms
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The ring current flowing in the magnetosphere of the Earth is built up by an interplanetary magnetic field with the assistance of substorms that are derived from magnetic stress releases, says a group of space physicists. Plasma is subsequently forced from the tail of the magnetosphere into the interior. It was previously believed that the ring current was built up by substorms of magnetic disturbances that inflated hot plasma into the magnetosphere.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Magnetic explosions in space
Article Abstract:
The explosive nature of magnetic storms surrounding Earth is discussed in term of a new theory of whistler waves.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Rapid magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetosphere mediated by whistler waves
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Whistler waves are put forward as mediators of rapid magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetosphere.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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