Self-organized criticality, multi-fractal spectra, and intermittent merging of coherent structures in the magnetotail

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 303-316

  Chang, Tom ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0040083190     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002486121567     Document Type: Article

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