Concept information
Preferred term
plasma layer
Definition
- In the magnetosphere, the plasma sheet is a sheet-like region of denser (0.3-0.5 ions/cm³versus 0.01-0.02 in the lobes) hot plasma and lower magnetic field near the equatorial plane, between the magnetosphere's north and south lobes. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_sheet)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- plasma sheet
In other languages
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French
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couche d'Alfvén
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feuillet de plasma
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-LSFB02GQ-C
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