Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-51-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-51-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
Regular paper
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15 Jan 2020
Regular paper |  | 15 Jan 2020

On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Venus

Martin Volwerk, Charlotte Goetz, Ferdinand Plaschke, Tomas Karlsson, Daniel Heyner, and Brian Anderson

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The magnetic field that is carried by the solar wind slowly decreases in strength as it moves further from the Sun. However, there are sometimes localized decreases in the magnetic field strength, called magnetic holes. These are small structures where the magnetic field strength decreases to less than 50 % of the surroundings and the plasma density increases. This paper presents a statistical study of the behaviour of these holes between Mercury and Venus using MESSENGER data.
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