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aip.org > scilights > follow-the-vikings-a-student-exercise-in-optics-and-navigation-inspired-by-history

Follow the Vikings: A student exercise in optics and navigation inspired by history

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (173+ words) lead image It is unclear to historians how Vikings navigated the seas. Centuries before magnetic compasses were introduced to Europe, Viking seafarers traveled long distances to far-flung locations like North America and the Black Sea. One explanation, although unverified, is…...

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aip.org > scilights > self-confinement-of-electrons-in-earths-bow-shock

Self-confinement of electrons in Earth’s bow shock

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) lead image In the case of Earth’s bow shocks, Ruolin Wang and Takanobu Amano hypothesize that whistler waves — low-frequency electromagnetic waves — are involved in electron acceleration and confinement. The duo modeled the electron velocity distribution function of reflected electrons at…...