A reconnection model describing erosion of the magnetopause and the associated bow shock motion

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2103-2107

  Muhlbachler S ^a   Semenov, V S ^b   Biernat, H K ^a,c   Erkaev, N V ^d   Kubyshkin, I V ^b   Farrugia, C J ^e   Langmayr, D ^a,c   Vogl, D F ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow shock motion; Magnetopause erosion; Reconnection model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; SHOCK WAVES;

BOW SHOCK; MAGNETOPAUSE; SHOCK MOTION;

EROSION;

MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 17944387399     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.04.052     Document Type: Article

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