Relation between magnetic fields and electric currents in plasmas

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2589-2597

  Vasyliunas, V M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents); Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Kinetic and MHD theory)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844517364     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2589-2005     Document Type: Article

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