Bifurcated current sheet: Model and Cluster observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Genot V ^a   Mottez, F ^b   Fruit, G ^a   Louarn, P ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^a   Balogh, A ^c  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster observations; Current sheet; Kinetic equilibrium; Magnetotail

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; KINETIC EQUILIBRIUM; MAGNETOTAILS; THIN CURRENT SHEETS (TCS);

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 11844259389     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.09.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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