Zwan-Wolf Effect
- The Zwan-Wolf effect is a plasma phenomenon caused by interaction between the solar wind and planetary magnetic fields.
- Solar wind consists of charged particles continuously streaming outward from the Sun.
- As solar wind approaches a planetary magnetic boundary, it becomes compressed near magnetic structures.
- This compression creates a pressure gradient that pushes charged particles along magnetic field lines.
- The movement leaves behind a region with reduced particle density, forming the Zwan-Wolf effect.
- It mainly affects ionised particles within a planet’s magnetosphere or ....
