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In situ magnetic field observations of the AMPTE artificial comet

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Magnetometers aboard the IRM and UKS spacecraft monitored the magnetic field during the AMPTE artificial comet experiment of 27 December 1984. Rapid photoionization of the released barium vapour 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.

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  1. Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie der Technischen Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina, 3300, Braunschweig, FRG

    H. Lühr & N. Klöcker

  2. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, SW7 2BZ, UK

    D. J. Southwood, M. W. Dunlop, W. A. C. Mier-Jedrzejowicz, R. P. Rijnbeek & M. Six

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, 8046, Garching, FRG

    B. Häusler

  4. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA

    M. Acuña

  5. Institut de Physique du Globe, 4 Place Jussieu, 75230, Paris, Cedex 05, France

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Lühr, H., Southwood, D., Klöcker, N. et al. In situ magnetic field observations of the AMPTE artificial comet. Nature 320, 708–711 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/320708a0

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