Convection-driven reconnection and the stability of the near-Earth plasma sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 873-876

  Pritchett, P L ^a   Coroniti, F V ^a   Pellat, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; MAGNETISM; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA JETS;

CURRENT DISRUPTION; FULL PARTICLE SIMULATION; KINK MODES; MAGNETIC ISLAND; NEAR-EARTH PLASMAS; NEUTRAL LINE; PLASMA SHEET; THIN CURRENT SHEET;

MAGNETOPLASMA; EARTH (PLANET);

MAGNETIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0031123956     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00672     Document Type: Article

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