Numerical simulation of ion dynamics in the magnetotail magnetic turbulence: On collisionless conductivity

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 159-166

  Greco, A ^a,d   Veltri, P ^a,d   Zimbardo, G ^a,d   Taktakishvili, A L ^b   Zelenyi, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d Ist Natl di Fisica della Materia   (Italy)

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MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033847914     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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