The Heliospheric Magnetic Field

@article{Owens2013TheHM,
  title={The Heliospheric Magnetic Field},
  author={Mathew J. Owens and Robert J. Forsyth},
  journal={Living Reviews in Solar Physics},
  year={2013},
  volume={10},
  pages={1-52}
}
The heliospheric magnetic field (HMF) is the extension of the coronal magnetic field carried out into the solar system by the solar wind. It is the means by which the Sun interacts with planetary magnetospheres and channels charged particles propagating through the heliosphere. As the HMF remains rooted at the solar photosphere as the Sun rotates, the large-scale HMF traces out an Archimedean spiral. This pattern is distorted by the interaction of fast and slow solar wind streams, as well as… 
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