Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978kosis..16..870d&link_type=abstract
Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia, vol. 16, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 870-876. In Russian.
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Analog Simulation, Magnetic Measurement, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Solar Wind, Venus (Planet), Eddy Currents, Geomagnetic Tail, Lorentz Force, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Moments, Magnetic Probes
Scientific paper
In the laboratory experiment described, a wax sphere was used to model Venus. Exposure of the sphere to an artificial solar wind lead to evaporation and ionization of the wax, as a result of which a plasma envelope developed about the model. A magnetic tail (resembling the geomagnetic one) was formed through interaction of a supersonic super-Alfven flow of a collisionless plasma with the plasma envelope. Control experiments, carried out with a copper sphere within and without an insulating envelope, showed that the induced currents responsible for the formation of the tail are excited by a Lorentzian electric field. Analysis and comparison with measurements carried out in space showed that the existence of a Venusian magnetic tail can be explained without ascribing an intrinsic magnetic moment to the planet.
Dubinin Edouard M.
Podgornyi I. M.
Potanin Iu. N.
Shkolnikova S. I.
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