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Hydromagnetic Instabilities caused by a Gyrating Proton Stream

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EXTENSIVE literature published in recent years concerns the generation of very-low-frequency hydromagnetic waves in the Sun–Earth environment. These waves often appear at the Earth's surface as regular pulsations in the continuous record of the terrestrial magnetic field variations. The period of these pulsations may extend from a fraction of a second to several minutes1.

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NEUFELD, J., WRIGHT, H. Hydromagnetic Instabilities caused by a Gyrating Proton Stream. Nature 206, 499–500 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206499a0

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