Electron dissipation in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A11, 1998, Pages 26479-26486

  Hesse, Michael ^a   Winske, Dan ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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