Notes on Debris-Air-Magnetic Interaction

C. L. Longmire

ResearchPublished 1963

A derivation of a set of hydrodynamic-like differential equations for the motion of debris and air ions as they interact through the magnetic field. Although these equations are not solved in detail, one can deduce several conclusions: (1) at early times, the fraction of the debris mixed with the magnetic field (and hence the intensity of the beta-ray aurora) is proportional to the cube of the time; (2) the outer debris ions are simply bent by the normal earth's magnetic field; and (3) air ions are picked up essentially when the debris has moved one air-ion Larmor radius.

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  • Year: 1963
  • Pages: 13
  • Document Number: RM-3386-PR

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Longmire, C. L., Notes on Debris-Air-Magnetic Interaction. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1963. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3386.html.
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