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Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos C Acronyms and Abbreviations ACR anomalous cosmic ray AU astronomical unit (150,000,000 km) AURA Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy CIR corotating interaction region CME coronal mass ejection DNL distant neutral line ESA European Space Agency FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (satellite) GCR galactic cosmic ray ICE International Cometary Explorer (spacecraft) IMAGE Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (satellite) IMF interplanetary magnetic field LISM local interstellar medium MHD magnetohydrodynamic NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NENL near-Earth neutral-line (model) NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory Rm (nondimensional) magnetic Reynolds number SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory STScI Space Telescope Science Institute TRACE Transition Region and Coronal Explorer VLA Very Large Array

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