Structure of plasma sheet current in distant magnetotail: Doubly humped electric current sheet

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Hoshino, M ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Nishida, A ^a   Kokubun, S ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0002209984     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00957-4     Document Type: Article

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