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    The Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics

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    Authors
    Lilensten, J.
    Barthélemy, M.
    Simon, C.
    Jeanjacquot, P.
    Gronoff, G.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Subject
    Ionospheric measurement
    Plasmas
    Positive ions
    19th centuries
    Aurora
    Planetary ionospheres
    Planetology
    Plasma physics
    The Planeterrella experiment
    Undergraduate levels
    Vacuum chambers
    Experiments
    aurora
    electron
    experimental study
    ionosphere
    plasma
    visualization
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2009
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    Description
    We present here a plasma physics experiment which makes it possible to simulate, in a naive yet useful way, the formation of polar lights. It involves shooting electrons at a magnetized sphere placed in a vacuum chamber. This experiment, inspired by K. Birkeland's Terrella, built at the turn of 19th century, allows the visualization of very many geophysical and astrophysical situations. Although delicate, it is feasible at undergraduate level. © Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009.
    Citation
    Lilensten, J.; Barthélemy, M.; Simon, C.; Jeanjacquot, P.; Gronoff, G. (2009). The Planeterrella, a pedagogic experiment in planetology and plasma physics. , Acta Geophysica, Vol. 57, Issue 1, 220-235, DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0079-x.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3242
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11600-008-0079-x
    scopus: 2-s2.0-58049215329
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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