Localized reconnection in the near jovian magnetotail

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5366, 1998, Pages 1061-1064

  Russell, C T ^a   Khurana, K K ^a   Huddleston, D E ^a   Kivelson, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; VOLCANO;

EID: 0032524720     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5366.1061     Document Type: Article

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12. Supported by NASA through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.