Petschek shocks of reconnection for anisotropic pressure

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1069-1074

  Biernat, H K ^a,b   Muhlbachler S ^a,b   Semenov, V S ^c   Erkaev, N V ^d   Vogl, D F ^a,b   Ivanova, V V ^c  

^a Schmiedlstr 6 ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PETSCHEK SHOCKS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0036541155     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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