Plasmoid-induced-reconnection and fractal reconnection

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 473-482

  Shibata, Kazunari ^a   Tanuma, Syuniti ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

EID: 0001764042     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353258     Document Type: Article

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