The solar wind geomagnetic field boundary
Conference
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OSTI ID:4880302
The theory of the boundary of the cavity surrounding a magnetic dipole immersed in a steadily flowing stream of plasma is reviewed, and the various results compared with satellite observations of the termination of the geomagnetic field. The shape on the solar side is roughly hemispherical with some theoretical uncertainty over the poles, the shape on the antisolar side is probably raindrop shaped but depends critically on the direction and relative magnitude of the interplanetary magnetic field and possible nonadiabatic processes such as shock phenomena. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NASA
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-015035
- OSTI ID:
- 4880302
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-417--9; AED-Conf--63-253-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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