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Scientific paper
Mar 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22..663t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 6, p. 663-666
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Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Stellar Mass Ejection, Estimates, Injection, Solar Wind Velocity
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We examined 11 cases when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) was intensely northward (greater than 10 nT) for long durations of time (greater than 3 hours), to quantitatively determine an uppler limit on the efficiency of solar wind energy injection into the magnetosphere. We have specifically selected these large B(sub N) events to minimize the effects of magnetic reconnection. Many of these cases occurred during intervals of high-speed streams associated with coronal mass ejections when viscous interaction effects might be at a maximum. It is found that the typical efficiency of solar wind energy injection into the magnetosphere is 1.0 x 10(exp -3) to 4.0 x 10(exp -3), 100 to 30 times less efficient than during periods of intense southward IMFs. Other energy sinks not included in these numbers are discussed. Estimates of their magnitudes are provided.
Gonzalez Walter D.
Tsurutani Bruce T.
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