Electron-scale sheets of whistlers close to the magnetopause

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3715-3725

  Stenberg, G ^a   Oscarsson, T ^a   Andre M ^b   Vaivads, A ^b   Morooka, M ^b   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^c   Fazakerley, A ^d   Lavraud, B ^e   Decreau P M E ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers); Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection; Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 30844473789     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3715-2005     Document Type: Article

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