Observations of electrostatic solitary waves associated with reconnection by Geotail and Cluster

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1373-1381

  Deng, X H ^a   Tang, R X ^a   Matsumoto, H ^b   Pickett, J S ^c   Fazakerley, A N ^d   Kojima, H ^b   Baumjohann, W ^e   Coates, A ^d   Nakamura, R ^e   Gurnett, D A ^c   Liu, Z X ^f  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^f Centre for Space Science and Applications Research   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics; Space plasma physics: electrostatic structures; Space plasma physics: magnetic reconnection; Space plasma physics: nonlinear phenomena

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASMAS; SATELLITES;

MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS: ELECTROSTATIC STRUCTURES; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS: NONLINEAR PHENOMENA;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 33646682158     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.129     Document Type: Article

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