Earth’s magnetosphere and outer radiation belt under sub-Alfvénic solar wind
The interaction between the Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind results in the formation of a collisionless bow shock. Here, the authors study an even in which the solar wind Mach number remained steadily below one, leading to the evanescence of the bow shock and loss of electrons in the outer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13001 |