Outer magnetospheric boundaries cluster results /
When the stream of plasma emitted from the Sun (the solar wind) encounters Earth's magnetic field, it slows down and flows around it, leaving behind a cavity, the magnetosphere. The magnetopause is the surface that separates the solar wind on the outside from the Earth's magnetic field on...
Other Authors: | Paschmann, Götz., International Space Science Institute. |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht, the Netherlands :
Springer,
©2005.
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1 online resource (viii, 430 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Series: |
Space sciences series of ISSI ;
v. 20. |
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CMU Electronic Access | Available |