The 'Magnesphere' experiment using a source of intense magnetic field in the ionosphere
Abstract
Magnesphere (i.e., artificial magnetosphere) experiments involve the insertion of a source of intense magnetic field in the ionosphere. This type of structure is created via a superconducting magnet system onboard a satellite. These experiments are designed to investigate the following phenomena: high-energy electrons; fluxes of charged particles inside and outside the artifical formation; physical processes occurring near the 'neutral points' of the magnesphere; vector variations of the constant electric field inside the magnesphere and in its polar region; and electromagnetic emission in different ranges (X-ray, optical, VLF). Instrumentation for conducting these investigations is described in some detail.
- Publication:
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Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- Pub Date:
- November 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990KosIs..28..955B
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Magnetic Field Reconnection;
- Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling;
- Solar Wind;
- Energy Distribution;
- Magnetic Flux;
- Magnetic Moments;
- Solar Electrons;
- Geophysics