Particle acceleration in disruption of the tail current sheet

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 259-267

  Lui, A T Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0032784197     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(98)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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