Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chain of plasmoids is created on the equatorial plane along the current sheet, where the particle density (left part) is higher.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Earth's magnetic field deflects particles emitted by the Sun. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images The Earth’s ...
a) In a weak magnetic field, broad cyclotron orbits suppress the orbital contribution, allowing spin polarization to dominate, (b) In strong magnetic fields, tight cyclotron orbits enhance orbital ...