The earth's magnetotail

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Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986sciam.254...40h&link_type=abstract

Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), vol. 254, March 1986, p. 40-47.

Physics

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Auroras, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Solar Wind, Earth Ionosphere, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetohydrodynamics

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The physics of the earth's magnetotail is discussed. The structure and
components of the magnetotail and the electromagnetic interactions that
give rise to them are described. The release of energy by the
magnetotail, which causes auroras and the formation of plasmoids, is
examined.

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