ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Our present understanding of the interaction of the solar wind with the ionized gas cloud surrounding a comet derives from the pioneering work of Alfven1 and Biermann et al.2 The deceleration of the solar-wind plasma in the vicinity of the comet due to mass loading bends the magnetic field lines ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/321288a0