Observation of lower hybrid drift instability in the diffusion region at a reconnecting magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Bale, S D ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Phan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREE ENERGY; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA STABILITY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ANOMALOUS RESISTIVITY; CURRENT DENSITY PROFILES; ELECTRON PRESSURE TENSOR; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOWER-HYBRID DRIFT INSTABILITIES; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; PARTICLE MEASUREMENT; RECONNECTING CURRENT SHEETS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 0038066525     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016113     Document Type: Article

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