Coronal Holes and the Solar Wind

Around the turn of the century Professor Kristian Birkeland at the University of Kristiania (Oslo) carried out laboratory studies of the emission of charged particles from the Sun and their interaction with comets and magnetized planets. He found that cathode rays emitted by a magnetized sphere are...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Highlights of Astronomy
Main Author: Leer, Egil
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600009990
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1539299600009990