Hybrid Modeling of the Formation of Thin Current Sheets in Magnetotaii Configurations

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 48, Issue 42496, 1996, Pages 749-763

  Hesse, Michael ^a   Kuznetsova, Masha ^a   Winske, Dan ^b   Birn, Joachim ^b   Schindler, Karl ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 0001690968     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.749     Document Type: Article

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