Cluster encounter of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail on September 19, 2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Borg, A L ^a   Oieroset M ^b   Phan, T D ^b   Mozer, F S ^b   Pedersen, A ^a   Mouikis, C ^c   McFadden, J P ^b   Twitty, C ^b   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA JETS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETISM;

HALL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION DIFFUSION; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOTAIL;

CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; LOCAL DENSITY; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION DIFFUSION; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL; NEUTRAL SHEETS; SEPARATRICES;

EID: 28244447001     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023794     Document Type: Article

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