Plasma mantle

Japanese: plasma mantle(英語表記)plasmamantle
Plasma mantle

...This cusp is the boundary between the magnetic field lines that open toward the tail on the night side and those that close on the low-latitude side (Figure 3). The boundary layer structure has different properties on the low-latitude side and high-latitude side of the cusp, and is called the low-latitude boundary layer and the plasma mantle, respectively. In the plasma mantle, part of the sheath plasma that has entered from the cusp flows along the magnetic field lines toward the tail at a speed of 100 to 200 km/s. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "plasma mantle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このカスプは夜側の尾部に向かって開いた磁力線と低緯度側で閉じる磁力線の境界になっている(図3)。カスプより低緯度側と高緯度側では境界層の構造の性質が違い,それぞれ低緯度境界層,プラズママントルplasma mantleという。プラズママントルではカスプから侵入したシースプラズマの一部が磁力線に沿って尾部の方向に100~200km/sの速さで流れている。…

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