Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990p%26ss...38.1343c&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 38, Oct. 1990, p. 1343-1350. Research supported by the Ministry of Defence of
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Boundary Layers, Energetic Particles, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Magnetopause, Solar Wind, Geomagnetism, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetosheath
Scientific paper
Both simple and detailed empirical models of the earth's dayside magnetosphere suggest that field lines near the magnetopause boundary in the noon quadrant possess an unusual property due to the compressive effect of the impinging solar wind flow; namely, that the equatorial region represents a local maximum in the magnetic-field strength, and not a minimum as elsewhere in the magnetosphere. In this region the field lines therefore possess off-equatorial field-strength minima, which occur at increasingly high latitudes as the boundary is approached. These field lines can therefore support two distinct particle populations, those which bounce across the equator between mirror points on either side, and those which are trapped about the off-equatorial field-strength minima and are confined to one side of the equator.
Cowley Stan W. H.
Lewis Z. V.
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