Self-organization in a current sheet model

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 515-522

  Valdivia, J A ^a   Klimas, A ^b   Vassiliadis, D ^c   Uritsky, V ^c   Takalo, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Self organizations; Space plasmas; Substorms

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; MAGNETISM; MODEL; PHYSICS; PLASMA; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0142058997     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025518527128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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