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Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth's Magnetosphere

B. T. Tsurutani, G. S. Lakhina

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The process of magnetic reconnection plays an important role during the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere which leads to the exchange of mass, momentum, and energy between these two highly conducting plasmas.

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The process of magnetic reconnection plays an important role during the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere which leads to the exchange of mass, momentum, and energy between these two highly conducting plasmas.

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The process of magnetic reconnection plays an important role during the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere which leads to the exchange of mass, momentum, and energy between these two highly conducting plasmas.

Key concepts: Magnetosphere, Magnetic reconnection, Physics, Solar wind, Magnetopause, Earth (classical element), Geophysics, Magnetosphere of Jupiter

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