Structure of the separatrix region close to a magmatic reconnection X-line: Cluster observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Retinò, Alessandro ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Andre M ^a   Sahraoui, F ^a,b   Khotyaintsev, Y ^a   Pickett, J S ^c   Bavassano Cattaneo, M B ^d   Marcucci, M F ^d   Morooka, M ^a   Owen, C J ^e   Buchert, S C ^a   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPACE PROBES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MAGMATIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION SEPARATRIX REGION;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 33646444788     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024650     Document Type: Article

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