Citation

Durand-Manterola HJ, Mendoza B, Diaz-Sandoval R. Adv. Space Res. 2001; 28(4): 679-684.

Affiliation

Depto. de Física Espacial, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, C.P. 04510, México D.F. MEXICO. hdurand@ariel.igeofcu.unam.mx

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11803972

Abstract

An increasing number of studies have appeared in the last ten years indicating that some pathologies may correlate with geomagnetic activity and cosmic rays. However a physical mechanism binding both phenomena has not been proposed. In the present work we obtain the amplitude of the magnetic fields at different frequencies, that may induce inside biological cells currents of the same magnitude of the currents generated by the cells themselves. We compare these values with the wave amplitudes produced in geomagnetic and atmospheric phenomena, and found that micropulsations, whistlers and lightning are capable of produce the same or larger values.

Language: en