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TAIL FIELD [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
CONT

As the tail field lines collapse, the plasma that they contain is strongly heated and compressed. This produces a sudden intense flux of electrons at the top of the atmosphere at the feet of the field lines concerned, producing a brilliant auroral display as the atmospheric atoms are excited by collisions with the electrons at altitudes above 100 km, and then radiate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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