What can we infer about the underlying physics from burst distributions observed in an RMHD simulation?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1233-1237

  Watkins, N W ^a   Oughton, S ^a   Freeman, M P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035480290     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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