Title: The interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere
Abstract: It is argued in this note that the interplanetary gas can usefully be treated as a continuum as far as the interaction between the solar wind and the terrestrial magnestosphere is concerned. On this basis, since the solar wind is highly supersonic near the earth, a collision free bow shock wave should be a permanent feature of interplanetary space on the sunward side of the magnetosphere. Other features of the solar wind flow pattern and the shape of the magnetosphere are also considered, and it is suggested that certain ionospheric phenomena are the direct result of linkage to the exterior surface of the magnetosphere via geomagnetic lines of force.
Publication Year: 1962
Publication Date: 1962-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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