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In situ magnetic field observations of the AMPTE artificial cometMagnetometers 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.
Document ID
19860056124
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1038/320708a0
Authors
Luehr, H. (Technische Univ. Brunswick, Germany)
Kloecker, N. (Braunschweig, Technische Universitaet Brunswick, Germany)
Southwood, D. J. (Technische Univ. Brunswick, Germany)
Dunlop, M. W. (Technische Univ. Brunswick, Germany)
Mier-Jedrzejowicz, W. A. C. (Technische Univ. Brunswick, Germany)
Rijnbeek, R. P. (Technische Univ. Brunswick, Germany)
Six, M. (Imperial College of Science and Technology London, United Kingdom)
Haeusler, B. (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik und Astrophysik Garching, Germany)
Acuna, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 24, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 320
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
86A40862
Distribution Limits
Public
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