Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
Magnetometers aboard the IRM and UKS spacecraft monitored the magnetic field during the AMPTE artificial comet experiment of Dec. 27, 1984. Rapid photoionization of the released barium vapor resulted in the formation of a magnetic cavity, shielded from the ambient magnetic field.The presence of this highly conductive obstacle caused draping and compression of the solar wind magnetic field.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 320; 708-711
Format:
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