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- The Search Coil Magnetometer
provides direct measurements of
changes in the magnetic fields, using
something called an induction
magnetometer. The magnetometer
contains a coil of wire around a
ferromagnetic material. It is a basic law
of physics that a changing magnetic
field near such a coil will induce a
voltage. This voltage, in turn, can be
used to measure how the magnetic
field changes.
The SCM was developed at the
Laboratory for Plasma Physics in
Paris, France.
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