Collaborative Research: GEM--How Upstream Solar Wind Conditions Determine the Properties o — NSF Award to Embry-Riddle Aeronautica
The interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field created a collisionless shock called a bow shock in front of the Earth's magnetosphere. The incident particles can be accelerated and reflected at the bow shock, resulting in their counter-streaming along field lines and interacting with the local plasma.
| Award title | Collaborative Research: GEM--How Upstream Solar Wind Conditions Determine the Properties o |
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| Award ID | 2618300 |
| Awardee | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| City | DAYTONA BEACH |
| State | FL |
| Amount obligated | $18,683 |
| Principal investigator | Kun Zhang |
| Program | MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS |
| Start date | 02/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field created a collisionless shock called a bow shock in front of the Earth's magnetosphere. The incident particles can be accelerated and reflected at the bow shock, resulting in their counter-streaming along field lines and interacting with the local plasma. Earth's bow shock is a natural laboratory to study the complex interactions between the incident solar wind and the counter-streaming foreshock populations. This study aims to bui |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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