Field-aligned electrons at the lobe/plasma sheet boundary in the mid-to-distant magnetotail and their association with reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Manapat, Michael ^a   Øieroset, Marit ^a   Phan, Tai D ^a   Lin, Robert P ^a   Fujimoto, Masaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

FIELD-ALIGNED ELECTRONS; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONS; PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTRON; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA;

EID: 33646381142     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024971     Document Type: Article

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