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On the flow of plasma around a dipole magnetic field
Author(s) -
Hill Jacqueline L.,
Seyhoonzadeh Amir,
Chang HongYoung,
Lonngren Karl E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs022i007p01211
Subject(s) - plasma , magnetic field , dipole , atomic physics , magnetic dipole , electron density , electron , physics , plasma window , electromagnetic electron wave , flow (mathematics) , computational physics , mechanics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
A series of experiments intended to examine the flow characteristics of a plasma incident on a localized magnetic dipole field in a low β plasma is described. Both the electron and ion densities are measured upstream and downstream from the magnetic structure, and the results are compared with a nonflowing plasma of the same density. Significant differences are detected which can be attributed to the flowing plasma.