The effects on the earth's magnetotail from shocks in the solar wind

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Sep 1980

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Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 7, Sept. 1980, p. 721-724. Navy-NASA-supported research

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Computerized Simulation, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetohydrodynamics, Shock Wave Interaction, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Earth Magnetosphere, Energy Budgets, Magnetic Storms, Solar Flares, Solar Wind Velocity

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A new, minimally diffusive MHD computer code has been used to simulate the time-dependent, 2D interaction of the solar wind with the earth's magnetosphere. The equilibrium with a simulated unmagnetized solar wind shows the basic features of the magnetosphere: bow shock, magnetopause, and long magnetotail. A simulated shock in the solar wind shows the presence of shock focussing in the midplane of the magnetotail. This focussing can be important in the energy budget of the plasma sheet and may have an important role in the initiation of substorms.

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