Cluster Constellation Detects Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities
The European/U.S. Cluster constellation of space weather satellites--Rumba, Salsa, Samba and Tango--has directly detected the Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities (KHI) that occur when the solar wind blasts past the Earth's magnetic field. The resulting eddies may explain how charged particles from the...
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