Neutral Points on the Boundary of the Closed Magnetosphere

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Oct 1967

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Space Science Reviews, Volume 7, Issue 2-3, pp. 158-165

Physics

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Theoretical studies of a field-free plasma incident upon a magnetic dipole lead to a closed magnetosphere with two neutral points in the noon magnetic meridian, at a latitude of ± 70° 75° and a geocentric distance of approximately 10 RE. The position of the neutral points with respect to the dipole axis is not greatly affected by the angle of incidence of the solar wind. Although the field magnitude near the neutral points is only a fraction of the dipole field, the direction is seen to reverse on opposite sides of the neutral point. Near the boundary the field direction is parallel to the boundary and tends to point towards the neutral point in the Northern hemisphere.

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