A model of the bifurcated current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Sitnov, M I ^a,b   Guzdar, P N ^c   Swisdak, M ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRONS;

BIFURCATED STRUCTURES; ADIABATIC INVARIANTS; CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; COLLISIONLESS RECONNECTION; CURRENT SHEETS; ION ANISOTROPY; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; ION TEMPERATURE; THIN CURRENT SHEET;

GEOPHYSICS; IONS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0141673116     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017218     Document Type: Article

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