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  2. Curie's law - Wikipedia

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    H {\displaystyle H} is the magnitude of the applied magnetic field (A/m), T {\displaystyle T} is absolute temperature (K), C {\displaystyle C} is a material-specific Curie constant (K). Pierre Curie discovered this relation, now known as Curie's law, by fitting data from experiment. It only holds for high temperatures and weak magnetic fields.

  3. Plasma beta - Wikipedia

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    Plasma beta. The beta of a plasma, symbolized by β, is the ratio of the plasma pressure (p = nkBT) to the magnetic pressure (pmag = B2 /2 μ0). The term is commonly used in studies of the Sun and Earth's magnetic field, and in the field of fusion power designs. In the fusion power field, plasma is often confined using strong magnets.

  4. Ionospheric dynamo region - Wikipedia

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    It is an external mode of class 2. Its maximum pressure amplitude on the ground is about 60 hPa. [11] Within the thermosphere, however, it becomes the predominant mode, reaching temperature amplitudes at the exosphere of at least 140 K and horizontal winds of the order of 100 m/s and more increasing with geomagnetic activity. [12]

  5. Brillouin and Langevin functions - Wikipedia

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    is the Boltzmann constant and the temperature. Note that in the SI system of units B {\displaystyle B} given in Tesla stands for the magnetic field , B = μ 0 H {\displaystyle B=\mu _{0}H} , where H {\displaystyle H} is the auxiliary magnetic field given in A/m and μ 0 {\displaystyle \mu _{0}} is the permeability of vacuum .

  6. Dynamo theory - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the dynamo theory proposes a mechanism by which a celestial body such as Earth or a star generates a magnetic field. The dynamo theory describes the process through which a rotating, convecting, and electrically conducting fluid can maintain a magnetic field over astronomical time scales. A dynamo is thought to be the source of the ...

  7. Magnetosphere - Wikipedia

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    The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the largest planetary magnetosphere in the Solar System, extending up to 7,000,000 kilometers (4,300,000 mi) on the dayside and almost to the orbit of Saturn on the nightside. [17] Jupiter's magnetosphere is stronger than Earth's by an order of magnitude, and its magnetic moment is approximately 18,000 times ...

  8. Curie temperature - Wikipedia

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    Above the Curie temperature, the magnetic spins are randomly aligned in a paramagnet unless a magnetic field is applied. In physics and materials science, the Curie temperature (TC), or Curie point, is the temperature above which certain materials lose their permanent magnetic properties, which can (in most cases) be replaced by induced magnetism.

  9. Magnetospheric electric convection field - Wikipedia

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    The impact of the solar wind onto the magnetosphere generates an electric field within the inner magnetosphere (r < 10 a; with a the Earth's radius) - the convection field. [1] Its general direction is from dawn to dusk. The co-rotating thermal plasma within the inner magnetosphere drifts orthogonal to that field and to the geomagnetic field B o.