A simulation study of generation of field-aligned currents and Alfvén waves by three-dimensional magnetic reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10177-10189

  Ma, Z W ^a   Lee, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0000472521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900083     Document Type: Article

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