Stable critical behavior and fast field annihilation in a magnetic field reversal model

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1425-1433

  Uritsky, V M ^a   Klimas, A J ^a   Valdivia, J A ^b   Vassiliadis, D ^b   Baker, D N ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic substorms; Magnetic reconnection; Self organised criticality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000013435     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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