Forced magnetic reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Birn, J ^a   Galsgaard, K ^b   Hesse, M ^c   Hoshino, M ^d   Huba, J ^e   Lapenta, G ^a   Pritchett, P L ^f   Schindler, K ^g   Yin, L ^a   Buchner J ^h   Neukirch, Thomas ⁱ   Priest, Eric R ⁱ  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

CURRENT SHEET THINNING; DISSIPATION MECHANISMS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MULTI-CODE APPROACH;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 20044386364     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022058     Document Type: Article

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