Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975georl...2..154h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 2, Apr. 1975, p. 154-157.
Physics
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Atmospheric Electricity, Daytime, Electric Fields, Energy Dissipation, Magnetopause, Atmospheric Models, Electrostatics, Equipotentials, Lines Of Force, Neutral Particles, Plasma Potentials, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind, Steady State, Thermal Energy
Scientific paper
Energy considerations are put forward which lead to the conclusion that the magnetopause current does not flow through the magnetospheric potential difference (of 60,000 V), and that the magnetopause is roughly an equipotential surface. Because of the necessary continuity of the tangential component of the electric field, this conclusion implies that no steady-state electric field exists along the neutral line located near the dayside magnetopause (in an open magnetospheric model). Since such an electric field is an essential part of the theory of merging of magnetic lines of force, it is concluded that the merging model does not hold for the electric field.
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