Interchange and kink modes in the near-Earth plasma sheet and their associated plasma flows

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2925-2928

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; IONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FLUX; NEAR EARTH PLASMA SHEET;

PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA SHEATHS;

EXTERNAL CONVECTION; INTERCHANGE MODE; NEAR-EARTH PLASMAS; NONLINEAR GROWTH; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PINCH-OFF REGION; PLASMA SHEET; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

EID: 0031273960     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02950     Document Type: Article

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