Bi-directional electrons in the near-Earth plasma sheet

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1497-1507

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Paschmann, G ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; magnetotail; plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0042353843     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1497-2003     Document Type: Article

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