Experimental study of nonlinear interaction of plasma flow with charged thin current sheets: 1. Boundary structure and motion

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-376

  Amata, E ^a   Savin, S ^b   Andre M ^c   Dunlop, M ^d   Khotyaintsev, Y ^c   Marcucci, M F ^a   Fazakerley, A ^e   Bogdanova, Y V ^e   Decreau P M E ^f   Rauch, J L ^f   Trotignon, J G ^f   Skalsky, A ^b   Romanov, S ^b   Buechner, J ^g   Blecki, J ^h   Reme H ⁱ  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h Polish Academy of Sciences ^*  (Poland)

ⁱ IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ION; NONLINEARITY; PLASMA;

JUNIPERUS SABINA;

EID: 33747105230     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-365-2006     Document Type: Review

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