Determination of the turbulent diffusion coefficient in the plasma sheet using the project INTERBALL data

Cosmic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 557-561

  Ovchinnikov, I L ^a   Antonova, E E ^a   Yermolaev, Yu I ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0011696166     PISSN: 00109525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026686600686     Document Type: Article

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