Critical issues on magnetic reconnection in space plasmas

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 497-521

  Lui, A T Y ^a   Jacquey, C ^b   Lakhina, G S ^c   Lundin, R ^d   Nagai, T ^e   Phan, T D ^f   Pu, Z Y ^g   Roth, M ^h   Song, Y ⁱ   Treumann, R A ^j   Yamauchi, M ^d   Zelenyi, L M ^k  

^a APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

ⁱ University of Minnesota   (United States)

^j CIPS/MPE   (Germany)

^k Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA FLOW; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION (MR); MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA INFLOW VELOCITY; SPACE PLASMAS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 20944446255     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-005-1987-6     Document Type: Article

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