Physics of Plasmas

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551Astrophysics / Astronomy / Planetary science / Jets / Geomagnetism / Magnetopause / Magnetosphere / Magnetic reconnection / Magnetohydrodynamics / Physics / Space plasmas / Plasma physics

THE ACCURACY OF PRESENT MODELS OF THE HIGH ALTITUDE POLAR MAGNETOSPHERE C. T. Russell1, J. G. Luhmann2 and F. R. Fenrich3 1 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles

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Source URL: www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu

Language: English - Date: 2003-02-06 12:28:34
552Electromagnetism / Planetary science / Geomagnetism / Plasma physics / Jets / Substorm / Magnetosphere / Aurora / Birkeland current / Physics / Space plasmas / Astronomy

M~hanisms and time-scales of the magnetospheric response to the interplanetary magnetic field changes during the 8 May 1986 substorm H. MAVROMICHALAKI and A. BELEHAKI Nuclear

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Source URL: cosray.phys.uoa.gr

Language: English
553Astrophysics / Sun / Light sources / Physical quantities / Corona / Magnetohydrodynamics / Magnetic reconnection / Solar flare / Magnetic field / Physics / Plasma physics / Space plasmas

Observations and 3D MHD simulations of a solar active region jet

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Source URL: cds.aanda.org

Language: English
554Astrophysics / Plasma / Distribution function / Ion acoustic wave / Landau damping / Electron temperature / Plasma physics / Physics / Waves in plasmas

EFFECTS OF NON-MAXWELLIAN ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS ON PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES B. B. Afeyan* A. E. Chou** W. L. Kruer

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Source URL: polymath-usa.com

Language: English - Date: 2010-02-19 22:23:02
555Stellar astronomy / Astrophysics / Space plasmas / Physical phenomena / Radiation pressure / Eddington luminosity / Star / Photon / Sun / Physics / Matter / Light sources

PHD QUALIFY EXAMINATION — STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS 10th July, points) (a) Show that the outward pressure required to support a normal star of mass M and radius R is approximately M 2 G/R4 . In general the outw

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Source URL: www.astro.ncu.edu.tw

Language: English - Date: 2014-05-12 00:06:46
556Space plasmas / Sun / Light sources / Sunspot / Solar cycle / Solar dynamo / Magnetic field / Magnetic helicity / Solar variation / Physics / Plasma physics / Physical quantities

Cycles of the Sun The cosmos has been a source of study for some of history’s most celebrated scientists, including Galileo, Copernicus and Newton, whose observations and analysis of celestial objects underpin much

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Source URL: www.nordita.org

Language: English - Date: 2009-12-20 12:53:05
557Astrophysics / Astronomy / Sun / Light sources / Corona / Solar wind / Plasma / Wind / Alfvén wave / Space plasmas / Physics / Plasma physics

2012 LWS Heliophysics Summer School Problem Set on the Three Solar Wind 1 Estimating coronal temperatures using Parker model In the lecture we saw that the speed of the solar wind near Earth at 1 AU ranges from about 27

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Source URL: www.heliophysics.ucar.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-06-04 12:37:41
558Aerodynamics / Fluid mechanics / Plasma physics / Planetary science / Shock waves / Magnetopause / Magnetosheath / Mach number / Bow shock / Physics / Space plasmas / Fluid dynamics

Shocks: Homework 1. Solar wind with Mach number Msw ≫ 1 hits the Earth’s magnetosphere. Assume the magnetic field in the wind is small enough to be neglected. A simplified of the day-side magnetosphere. Flow streamli

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Source URL: www.heliophysics.ucar.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-06-04 12:37:41
559Astrophysics / Astronomy / Sun / Solar flare / Corona / Moreton wave / Solar prominence / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Physics

The Solar Moreton Wave of 6 December 2006: Evidence for a CME Driver E.W. Cliver Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA ABSTRACT

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Source URL: www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-20 06:16:14
560Astronomy / Planetary science / Plasma physics / Magnetopause / Solar wind / Magnetosheath / Bow shock / Magnetic field / Magnetosphere / Physics / Space plasmas / Astrophysics

1. The magnetic moment of Earth is approximately 31,000 nT- RE3 . The solar wind has a bulk velocity of 400 km/sec and a density of 5 cm-3 at 1 AU. Assume a very simple model of Earth’s magnetopause in which it is a pl

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Source URL: www.heliophysics.ucar.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-06-04 12:42:45
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