Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind

Noé Lugaz (), Charles J. Farrugia, Chia-Lin Huang, Reka M. Winslow, Harlan E. Spence and Nathan A. Schwadron
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Noé Lugaz: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Charles J. Farrugia: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Chia-Lin Huang: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Reka M. Winslow: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Harlan E. Spence: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Nathan A. Schwadron: Space Science Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The interaction between Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind results in the formation of a collisionless bow shock 60,000–100,000 km upstream of our planet, as long as the solar wind fast magnetosonic Mach (hereafter Mach) number exceeds unity. Here, we present one of those extremely rare instances, when the solar wind Mach number reached steady values

Date: 2016
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