Physics 3, Volume 2
Magnetic Confinement and the Earth’s Aurora

In this lesson, we explore a two very cool applications of particles in a
magnetic field. The first is how to confine a particle in a magnetic bottle
and can be used to study nuclear fusion and also spacecraft propulsion
systems. The second application is how the Aurora occurs on Earth,
which has to do with the solar wind interacting with the Earth’s magnetic
field.