Quasi-adiabaticity in bifurcated current sheets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Delcourt, Dominique C ^a   Malova, H V ^b   Zelenyi, L M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCATTERING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BIFURCATED CURRENT SHEETS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; BIFURCATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE MOTION; SCATTERING;

EID: 33646441488     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025463     Document Type: Article

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