Electrons ride huge plasma tubes above Earth The huge energies in the ionosphere get shifted around in plasma “tubes”, observed for the first time by a Sydney University physics graduate student. The work by graduate student Cleo Loi shows that the plasmasphere (the soup of electrons stripped away from atoms in the ionosphere) is strongly aligned with Earth's magnetic …
a beautiful and original piece of work with credit properly given to the student.
i predict that the 'binocular' use of the array will become SOP for the future use by other large arrays.
i wonder if this effect can be used by widely separated arrays or dishes to study larger scale effects like the existence of similar phenomenon from the Sun or Sun/Earth magnetic field interactions.
The article begins by saying that Cleo is a graduate student. Later, there is a quote: "As an undergraduate student with no prior background in this, that is an impressive achievement.”
It is impressive either way, but it would be good to know whether Cleo is working on her Ph.D thesis, or her senior project.
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