Planar double layers in magnetized plasmas: Fine structures and their consequences

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A4, 2005, Pages

  Singh, Nagendra ^a   Khazanov, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 24944572898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010620     Document Type: Article

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