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A study of the formation and dynamics of the Earth's plasma sheet using ion composition dataOver two years of data from the Lockheed Plasma Composition Experiment on the ISEE 1 spacecraft, covering ion energies between 100 eV/e and about 16 keV/e, have been analyzed in an attempt to extract new information about three geophysical issues: (1) solar wind penetration of the Earth's magnetic tail; (2) relationship between plasma sheet and tail lobe ion composition; and (3) possible effects of heavy terrestrial ions on plasma sheet stability.
Document ID
19940025621
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Lennartsson, O. W.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 20, 1994
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-195119
F254278
NAS 1.26:195119
Accession Number
94N30126
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-31209
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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