CLUSTER spacecraft observation of a thin current sheet at the Earth's magnetopause

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1363-1372

  Panov, E V ^a,b   Buchner J ^a   Franz M ^a   Korth, A ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y ^c   Nikutowski, B ^a   Savin, S ^b   Fornacon K H ^d   Dandouras, I ^e   Reme H ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Anomalous resistivity; CLUSTER; Diffusion; Discontinuity; Magnetopause; Plasma instabilities; Thin current sheet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRONS; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETOS; PROTONS; SPACECRAFT;

CLUSTER; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA INSTABILITIES; THIN CURRENT SHEET;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EID: 33646739086     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.08.024     Document Type: Article

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