A star and its electric field (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

A star and its electric field

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University of Iowa physicists have gained new insights about the sun's electric field. The researchers measured electrons streaming from the sun, a main constituent of the solar wind, to determine the boundary in energy between electrons that escape the sun's clutches and those that don't.

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Jasper Halekas lab, University of Iowa

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