The influence of the interplanetary magnetic field and thermal pressure on the position and shape of the magnetopause

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Nov 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....8610009z&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Nov. 1, 1981, p. 10009-10021.

Physics

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Effects, Magnetopause, Pressure Effects, Solar Wind, Atmospheric Models, Bow Waves, Chapman-Ferraro Problem, Morphology, Shock Waves, Size (Dimensions)

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An ellipsoidal model, in which the size of an ellipsoid of revolution with a constant eccentricity is inversely proportional to the sixth root of the stream pressure of the solar wind, is used to represent the location of the dayside magnetopause and to study the influences of the interplanetary magnetic field and thermal pressure on its location. The effects of the IMF and thermal pressure on the location of the magnetopause are calculated analytically by using the Chapman-Ferraro theory. The changes in magnetopause size, shape and orientation caused by including the thermal pressure are inversely proportional to the square of the sonic Mach number of the solar wind and are sufficient to explain the observed slight departure of the magnetotail from the expected aberration due to the earth's orbital motion. The results suggest that little angular momentum is being carried away from the sun by the solar wind.

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