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Aug 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986p%26ss...34..745c&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 34, Aug. 1986, p. 745-751; Comment, p. 753.
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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetospheric Instability, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Ats 6, Magnetic Field Reconnection
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It is shown that the Primdahl-Spangsley induction generator mechanism explaining the nature of solar wind-magnetosphere interactions on the one hand and the reconnection model on the other lead to different predictions concerning certain features of IMF B(y)-associated magnetospheric effects. These models can be tested experimentally by studying the effective penetration of the IMF B(y) component at geostationary orbit and its dependence on the time following a sector boundary crossing the solar wind. It is demonstrated that the Primdahl-Spangsley mechanism can be decisively rejected, and it is argued that the results are compatible with the reconnection model. Primdahl makes a comment accepting the paper's finding concerning the induction generator mechanism, but maintains that the reconnection model does not explain the phenomena under consideration.
Cowley Stan W. H.
Hughes Jeffrey W.
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