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    Autogenous and efficient acceleration of energetic ions upstream of Earth’s bow shock

    Earth and its magnetosphere are immersed in the supersonic flow of the solar-wind plasma that fills interplanetary space. As the solar wind slows and deflects to flow around Earth, or any other obstacle, a ‘bo...

    D. L. Turner, L. B. Wilson III, T. Z. Liu, I. J. Cohen, S. J. Schwartz, A. Osmane in Nature (2018)