Interchange instability in the presence of the field-aligned current: Application to the auroral arc formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A3, 2003, Pages

  Golovchanskaya, I V ^a   Maltsev, Y P ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aurora; Field aligned current; Instability; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144307033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009505     Document Type: Article

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