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View SchemaNuclear Magnetohydrodynamic EMP, Solar Storms, and Substorms
| Authors | Mario Rabinowitz, A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos, Elias N. Glytsis, George J. Cokkinides |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0307067 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307067 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0217979292001481 |
| Journal | Int.J.Mod.Phys.B6:3353-3380,1992 |
Abstract
In addition to a fast electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a high altitude nuclear burst produces a relatively slow magnetohydrodynarnic EMP (MHD EMP), whose effects are like those from solar storm geomagnetically induced currents (SS GIC). The MHD EMP electric field E < 10^-1 V/m and lasts < 10^2 sec, whereas for solar storms E > 10^-2 V/m and lasts >10^3 sec. Although the solar storm electric field is lower than MHD EMP, the solar storm effects are generally greater due to their much longer duration. Substorms produce much smaller effects than SS GIC, but occur much more frequently. This paper describes the physics of such geomagnetic disturbances and analyzes their effects.
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"title": "Nuclear Magnetohydrodynamic EMP, Solar Storms, and Substorms",
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