The laboratory magnetosphere

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Apr 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..435b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Apr. 1982, p. 435-438. Research supported by the California Space Institute

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Earth Magnetosphere, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Coaxial Plasma Accelerators, Collisionless Plasmas, Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Laboratory Equipment, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Signatures, Planetary Mapping, Solar Simulation, Test Facilities

Scientific paper

A 10.9-m-long T-1 terrella device constructed at the University of California at Riverdale to model collisionless hypermagnetosonic solar wind interaction with a planetary dipole field is described. The drift test section is a pipe 5.3 m long with a diameter of 1.2 m. The source of solar wind is a coaxial plasma accelerator operated in the deflagration mode wherein the 10-kV energy source is directly connected to electrodes and hydrogen is injected to initiate the discharge. Measurements demonstrate that T-1 has attained all parameters necessary for limited simulation of the interaction between the solar wind and the earth. The test time is appreciably longer than existing experiments. The first magnetic field map is found to be consistent with Dungey's (1961) model in the case of a southward IMF.

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