Flux ropes in the magnetotail: Consequences for ion populations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 1017-1021

  Richard, R L ^a   Walker, R J ^a   Ogino, T ^b   Ashour Abdalla, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0141823225     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00509-7     Document Type: Article

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