Abstract Two types of convection were observed in the laboratory model of the magnetosphere: viscous convection and convection due to field lines common to both the magnetosphere and artificial solar wind. With a southward field component in the solar wind, convection from the Sun is observed in the polar cap, while with a large northward component, convection is directed toward the Sun. Merging of the field lines occurs in the cleft. With the southward component, a visor appears in front of the magnetosphere boundary. The decay of the visor into small magnetic structure is observed. The formation of an induced magnetosphere with a magnetic tail is shown in the experiments of the simulated conditions near non-magnetic bodies with a plasma shell (Venus, comets). A combined induced-intrinsic magnetosphere also was investigated.


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    Title :

    Laboratory experiments and space phenomena


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    Publication date :

    1981-01-01


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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