Structure of the Hall current system in the vicinity of the magnetic reconnection site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Nagai, T ^a   Shinohara, I ^b   Fujimoto, M ^a   Machida, S ^c   Nakamura, R ^d   Saito, Y ^b   Mukai, T ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Current system; Hall current; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844410281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009900     Document Type: Article

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