Sentences with phrase «accelerated by magnetic fields»
In this plan, near - stationary protons would be dumped in the center of a small cyclotron and accelerated by magnetic fields in spirals until they reached the cyclotron's outer edge.
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On Earth, the brightest auroras (the high - altitude glows often called the northern and southern lights) are generated when electrons in outer space near Earth are accelerated by large electrical potentials, or voltages, along the lines in our planet's magnetic field and slam into gas molecules in the upper atmosphere above polar regions.
Scientists don't fully understand what's driving Jupiter's strongest auroras, but data gathered by the orbiting Juno spacecraft hint that the electrons generating Jupiter's polar glows may be accelerated by turbulent waves in the planet's magnetic field — a process somewhat akin to surfers being driven shoreward ahead of breaking ocean waves, the researchers report today in Nature.
Charged particles can be accelerated to even higher speed by our planet's magnetic field.
Over time, it should detect tens or hundreds of cosmic rays from individual AGNs and their range of energies should clarify exactly how they were accelerated — a process thought to be controlled by magnetic fields around the colossal black holes.
The shock waves created by a supernova explosion, astronomers theorized, could generate enormous magnetic fields capable of accelerating electrons, protons, and other ions to nearly the speed of light.
The gamma rays could be generated when charged particles are accelerated by strong magnetic fields around the stellar remnant.
According to the most prevalent theory, the black hole and the gas disk are surrounded by a strong magnetic field in which particles such as electrons are accelerated to almost the speed of light.
Globally, Earth's magnetic field has declined in strength by 10 % since the 19th century with changes accelerating in recent years, according to measurements by Europe's SWARM satellites.
Berkeley Lab's inertial fusion energy research has emphasized ion beams — focused by magnetic fields, not materials like glass, and accelerated by induction accelerators.
It is thought that most GCRs attain their high energies by being accelerated by the high magnetic fields and shock waves from Supernovas.