Motion and orientation of magnetic field dips and peaks in the terrestrial magnetosheath

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Horbury, T S ^a   Lucek, E A ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Dandouras, I ^b,c   Reme H ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Kinetic plasma instabilities; Magnetosheath; Mirror mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044445904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010237     Document Type: Article

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