Friday, November 16, 2007

Magnetic Fields on Earth and Milky Way

The magnetic field of Earth is studied by the charged particles coming from the Sun. On the other hand Milky Way's field is measured by protons coming from other galaxies. In both cases we get a symmetric field, three to six hundred mgauss for Earth, and three to four µgauss for the galaxy.

Only by measuring cosmic rays can we know the field we live in.

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