Rapid magnetic reconnection in the earth's magnetosphere mediated by whistler waves

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6828, 2001, Pages 557-560

  Deng, X H ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON WAVE TUBES; HEAVY IONS; HOSE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA FLOW; VELOCITY;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 0035967126     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35069018     Document Type: Article

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