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Brecht et al. 1981

Brecht, S.H., Lyon, J., Fedder, J.A. and Hain, K. (1981). A simulation study of east–west IMF effects on the magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 8: doi: 10.1029/GL008i004p00397. issn: 0094-8276.

The effect of adding a By magnetic component to a solar wind already carrying a Bz magnetic component is studied using 3-D MHD computer simulations. It is found that the tail structure and the Bx lobe fields are rotated and become asymmetric. In addition a By component is generated in the neutral sheet. These results are found to correlate with observational data.

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